CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XI—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 1200 to 1291) > PART 1230—PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION > SUBPART A—Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (§1230.1 to §1230.91) > 1230.39—Powers and duties of the Delegate Body.

1230.39—Powers and duties of the Delegate Body.

The Delegate Body shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To meet annually;
(b) To recommend the rate of assessment prescribed by the initial order and any increase in such rate;
(c) To determine the percentage of the net assessments attributable to porcine animals produced in a State that each State association shall receive; and
(d) To nominate not less than 23 persons, including producers from a minimum of 12 States or importers, for appointment to the initial Board and not less than one and one-half persons (rounded up to the nearest person) for each vacancy on the Board that requires nominations thereafter. Each nomination shall be by a majority vote of the Delegate Body voting in person in accordance with § 1230.36.