Duties.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

The committee shall have, among others, the following duties: (a) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any producer, dehydrator, or handler; (b) To keep minutes, books, and other records which shall clearly reflect all of its acts and transactions, and such minutes, books, and other records shall be subject to examination by the Secretary at any time; (c) To make, subject to the prior approval of the Secretary, scientific and other studies, and assemble data on the producing, handling, shipping, and marketing conditions relative to prunes, which are necessary in connection with the performance of its official duties; (d) To select, from among its members, a chairman and other appropriate officers, and to adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of the business of the committee as it may deem advisable; (e) To appoint or employ such other persons as it may deem necessary, and to determine the salaries and define the duties of such persons; (f) To submit to the Secretary not later than the fourth Tuesday of July of each year, a budget of its anticipated expenditures and the recommended rate of assessment for the ensuing crop year, and the supporting data therefor; (g) To submit to the Secretary such available information with respect to prunes as the committee may deem appropriate, or as the Secretary may request; (h) To prepare and submit to the Secretary quarterly statements of the financial operations of the committee, exclusive of reserve prune operation

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 993.36