§ 998.26 - Procedure.

All decisions of the committee reached at an assembled meeting shall be by majority vote of the members present except that a change of a quality regulation shall require approval of 75 percent of the members. Meetings, or portions of meetings, concerned with marketing policy or quality regulation shall be open to all members of the peanut industry. All votes in an assembled meeting shall be cast in person and a quorum must be present for a valid decision. A quorum shall consist of not less than 50 percent of the producer members and 50 percent of the handler members. The committee may vote by mail or telegram upon due notice to all members, but any proposition so voted upon first shall be explained accurately, fully, and identically by mail or telegram, to all such members. When any proposition is submitted to be voted on by such method, one dissenting vote shall prevent its adoption. Failure of any member, or alternate acting for a member, to vote within a prescribed time shall be held to be a dissenting vote.