[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1220.209]

[Page 189]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1220_SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart A_Soybean Promotion and Research Order
 
Sec.  1220.209  Procedure.

    (a) At a properly convened meeting of the Board, a majority of the 
members shall constitute a quorum.
    (b)(1) Except for roll call votes, each member of the Board will be 
entitled to one vote on any matter put to the Board and the motion will 
carry if supported by a simple majority of those voting.
    (2)(i) If a member requests a roll call vote, except as provided in 
paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each unit as established under 
Sec.  1220.201, shall cast one vote for each percent, or portion of a 
percent, of the average total amount of assessments remitted to the 
Board that was remitted from the unit (minus refunds) during each of the 
three previous fiscal years of the Board under Sec.  1220.223.
    (ii)(A) During the first fiscal year of the Board, the percentage 
used to determine the votes given to a unit will be based on annual 
average soybean production of the three previous years. If a unit is 
represented by more than one member, each member representing the unit 
shall receive an equal percentage of the votes allocated to the unit.
    (B) During the second and third year this subpart is in effect, the 
percentage used to determine the votes given to a unit will be based 
upon averaging the unit's percentage of annual assessments remitted to 
the Board (minus refunds).
    (iii) Should a member representing a unit not be present, then the 
other members representing such unit shall vote, on an equal basis if 
there is more than one member representing the unit present, the number 
of votes which the absent member would have been entitled to vote.
    (iv) A motion will carry on a roll call vote if approved by both a 
simple majority of all votes cast and a simple majority of all units 
voting (with the vote of each unit determined by a simple majority of 
all votes cast by members in that unit).
    (3) A member may not cast votes by proxy.
    (c) In lieu of a properly convened meeting and, when in the opinion 
of the chairperson of the Board such action is considered necessary, the 
Board may take action upon the concurring votes of a majority of its 
members, or if a roll call vote is requested, a simple majority of all 
votes cast and a simple majority of all units voting by mail, telephone, 
facsimile, or telegraph, but any such action by telephone shall be 
confirmed promptly in writing. In the event that such action is taken, 
all members must be notified and provided the opportunity to vote. Any 
action so taken shall have the same force and effect as though such 
action had been taken at a regular or special meeting of the Board.
    (d) On or after the end of the three-year period beginning on the 
effective date of this subpart, the Board may recommend to the Secretary 
changes in the voting procedures of the Board described in paragraph (b) 
of this section.