§ 998.28 - Duties.

The committee shall have the following duties:

(a) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any producer or handler;

(b) To keep minutes, books, and other records which shall clearly reflect all of its acts and transactions and these shall be subject to examination by the Secretary at any time;

(c) To investigate and assemble data on the production, handling, and marketing of peanuts;

(d) To submit to the Secretary such available information with respect to peanuts as he may request and such other information as the committee may deem desirable and pertinent;

(e) To select from among its members a chairman and other officers and to adopt such by-laws for the conduct of its business as it may deem advisable;

(f) To appoint or employ such persons as it may deem necessary and to determine the salaries and define the duties of each such person;

(g) To cause the books of the committee to be audited by a certified public accountant at least once each crop year and at such other times as the committee may deem necessary or as the Secretary may request, to submit two copies of each such audit report to the Secretary, and to make available a copy which does not contain confidential data for inspection at the offices of the committee by producers and handlers;

(h) To prepare and submit to the Secretary quarterly statements of the financial operations of the committee and to make such statements together with the minutes of the meetings of said committee available for inspection at the offices of the committee by producers and handlers;

(i) To give the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the committee as is given to members;

(j) To investigate compliance with and to use means available to the committee to prevent violation of the provisions of this agreement; and

(k) To establish with the approval of the Secretary such rules and regulations as are necessary or incidental to administration of this agreement, as are consistent with its provisions, and as would tend to accomplish the purposes of this agreement and the act.