---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1223.42"
title: "7"
number: "1223.42"
heading: "Term of office."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1223.42"
---

# §1223.42. Term of office.

- (a) With the exception of the initial Board, each Board member will serve a three-year term or until the Secretary selects his or her successor. Each term of office shall begin on October 1 and end on September 30. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms, excluding any term of office less than three years.
- (b) For the initial board, the terms of Board members shall be staggered for two, three, and four years. Determination of which of the initial members shall serve a term of two, three, or four years shall be determined at random. Those members serving an initial term of two, three, or four years may serve one successive three-year term.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 86 FR 2898, Jan. 13, 2021, unless otherwise noted.