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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3887 (7) MEETINGS. —The order shall provide for at least one meeting of the Board annually and specify the circumstances under which additional special meetings of the Board may be held. (c) POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.—The order shall define the powers and duties of the Board and shall include the power and duty- CD to administer the order in accordance with the terms and provisions of the order; (2) to make regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of the order; (3) if the Board exercises its authority to establish the Committee described in subsection (g)— (A) to elect members of the Board to serve on the Committee; and (B) if the Board assigns to the Committee the power to develop and submit budgets as provided for in subsection (h)(D, to approve, modify, or reject budgets submitted by the Committee; (4) to submit budgets to the Secretary for the approval or disapproval of the Secretary; (5) to contract with appropriate persons to implement plans or projects; (6) to contract with qualified State soybean boards to implement programs in their States; (7) to receive, investigate, and report to the Secretary complaints of violations of the order; (8) to recommend to the Secretary amendments to the order; (9) to provide the Secretary with prior notice of meetings of the Board and meetings of committees of the Board to permit the Secretary, or a designated representative, to attend such meetings; and (10) to provide not less than annually a report to producers accounting for funds and describing programs implemented, and such reports shall be made available to the public on request. (d) BOARD VOTING PROCEDURES. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The order shall establish procedures for the conduct of voting by the Board, as provided in this subsection. On or after the end of the 3-year period beginning on the effective date of the order, the Board may recommend to the Secretary changes in the voting procedures of the Board and the Secretary may amend the order to make such changes. Such changes shall not be subject to a referendum of producers. (2) NUMBER OF VOTES PER MEMBER.—Each member of the Board shall be entitled, in any vote conducted by the Board, to cast the number of votes determined under the following rules: (A) IN GENERAL. —Each member shall be entitled to cast one vote unless a roll call vote is conducted. On a roll call vote, each member shall be entitled to cast such additional votes as are assigned to the member under subparagraph (B). (B) ADDITIONAL VOTES. —The additional votes that each member is assigned for roll call votes shall be computed as follows: (i) ASSESSMENT LEVEL.— Except as provided in clause (ii), each unit shall be allotted one vote for each percent, or portion of a percent, of the total amount of Reports. Public information.

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