---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1217.42"
title: "7"
number: "1217.42"
heading: "Term of office."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1217.42"
---

# §1217.42. Term of office.

- (a) Board members and alternates will serve a three-year term or until the Secretary selects his or her successor. Each term of office shall begin on January 1 and end on December 31. No member or alternate may serve more than two consecutive terms, excluding any term of office less than three years. A Board member may serve as an alternate during the years he or she is ineligible to serve in a member position.
- (b) For the initial Board alternates, their terms shall be staggered for two, three, and four years. Determination of which alternates shall serve a term of two, three, or four years shall be recommended to the Secretary by the Board.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 58251, July 18, 2024]

### Source

Source: 76 FR 46193, Aug. 2, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411-7425; 7 U.S.C. 7401.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 22755, Apr. 22, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 58251, July 18, 2024]