{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1900.155","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1900.155","heading":"Designating the processing/servicing official.","body":"(a) Designating an official with equivalent authority. The State Director (or Administrator, under § 1900.253(e) of this subpart or this paragraph) designates a nonrelated or nonassociated Rural Development official authorized to conduct the activity under program regulations, established delegation of authority and approval authority under subpart A of part 1901 of this chapter, and whose duty station is most convenient to the recipient and to the security property. A type and/or amount of assistance processed or serviced by a County Supervisor or at a County Office should be assigned only to another County Supervisor or County Office. A type and/or amount of assistance processed or serviced by a District Director or at a District Office should be assigned only to another District Director or District Office.\n(b) County Committee. For processing or servicing decisions to be made by a County Committee, if the recipient is a member, a different County Committee is designated. If the recipient is related to or associated with the member, notwithstanding the provisions of § 1900.151(a)(3) of this subpart, the State Director may permit the decision to be made by the local committee, if the related/associated member abstains.\n(c) [Reserved]","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XVIII—RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE, AND RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER H—PROGRAM REGULATIONS","PART 1900—GENERAL","Subpart D—Processing and Servicing Rural Development Assistance to Employees, Relatives, and Associates"],"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":"3e3ef21b86384b816b4cb0f2ec8ea8aa3e75427890793c767ec077ae6b3e9edf","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1900.154","next":"us/7-cfr-1900.156"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}