CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 900 to 999) > PART 946—IRISH POTATOES GROWN IN WASHINGTON > SUBPART —Order Regulating Handling (§946.1 to §946.78) > 946.25—Selection.

946.25—Selection.

(a) Persons selected as committee members or alternates to represent producers shall be individuals who are producers of fresh potatoes in the respective district for which selected, or officers or employees of a corporate producer in such district. Such individuals must also have produced potatoes for the fresh market for at least three out of the five years prior to nomination.
(b) Persons selected as committee members or alternates to represent handlers shall be individuals who are handlers in the State of Washington, or officers or employees of a corporate handler in the aforesaid State, and such persons shall be residents of the State of Washington.
(c) The Secretary shall select committee membership so that, during each fiscal period, each district, as designated in § 946.31, will be represented as follows:
(1) District No. 1—Three producer members and one handler member;
(2) District No. 2—Two producer members and one handler member;
(3) District No. 3—Two producer members and one handler member;
(4) District No. 4—Two producer members and one handler member;
(5) District No. 5—One producer member and one handler member.

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[17 FR 2912, Apr. 4, 1952. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961, as amended at 37 FR 10916, June 1, 1972; 52 FR 13070, Apr. 21, 1987; 70 FR 41133, July 18, 2005]