{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1210.340","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1210.340","heading":"Budget and expenses.","body":"(a) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal period, or as may be necessary thereafter, the Board shall prepare and recommend a budget on a fiscal period basis of its anticipated expenses and disbursements in the administration of this Plan, including probable costs of research, development, advertising, and promotion. The Board shall also recommend a rate of assessment calculated to provide adequate funds to defray its proposed expenditures and to provide for a reserve as set forth in § 1210.344.\n(b) The Board is authorized to incur such expenses for research, development, advertising, or promotion of watermelons, such other expenses for the administration, maintenance, and functioning of the Board as may be authorized by the Secretary, and any referendum and administrative costs incurred by the Department of Agriculture. The funds to cover such expenses shall be paid from assessments received pursuant to § 1210.341.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XI—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 1210—WATERMELON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION PLAN","Subpart A—Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"ff33fbd8437479afb4f290499d114b692761e8eb0b2a5854dd24ba887e7f5bf4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1210.331","next":"us/7-cfr-1210.341"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}