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 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 1067 the member was appointed, the member or alternate shall be disqualified from serving on the Board. (g) COMPENSATION.—^A member or alternate of the Board shall serve without pay. (h) GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. —The Board shall— (1) administer an order issued by the Secretary under section 554, and an amendment to the order, in accordance with the order and amendment and this subtitle; (2) prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the order; Regulations. (3) meet, organize, and select from among members of the Board a chairperson, other officers, and committees and subcommittees, as the Board determines appropriate; (4) receive, investigate, and report to the Secretary accounts of violations of the order; (5) make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to an amendment that should be made to the order; and (6) employ or contract with a manager and staff to assist in administering the order, except that, to reduce administrative costs and increase efficiency, the Board shall seek, to the extent practicable, to employ or contract with personnel who are already associated with organizations involved in promoting kiwifruit that are chartered by a State, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. SEC. 556. REQUIRED TERMS IN ORDER. 7 USC 7465. (a) BUDGETS AND PLANS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —An order issued under section 554 shall provide for periodic budgets and plans in accordance with this subsection. (2) BUDGETS. —The Board shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a budget prior to the beginning of the fiscal year of the anticipated expenses and disbursements of the Board in the administration of the order, including probable costs of research, promotion, and consumer information. A budget shall become effective on a %-vote of a quorum of the Board and approval by the Secretary. (3) PLANS. —Each budget shall include a plan for research, promotion, and consumer information regarding kiwifruit. A plan under this paragraph shall become effective on approval by the Secretary. The Board may enter into contracts and agreements, on approval by the Secretary, for— (A) the development and carrying out of the plan; and (B) the payment of the cost of the plan, with funds collected pursuant to this subtitle. (b) ASSESSMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL. — The order shall provide for the imposition and collection of assessments with regard to the production and importation of kiwifruit in accordance with this subsection. (2) RATE. —The assessment rate shall be the rate that is recommended by a %-vote of a quorum of the Board and approved by the Secretary, except that the rate shall not exceed $0.10 per 7-pound tray of kiwifruit or an equivalent rate. (3) COLLECTION IBY FIRST HANDLERS.— Except as provided in paragraph (5), the first handler of kiwifruit shall—

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