---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1900.155"
title: "7"
number: "1900.155"
heading: "Designating the processing/servicing official."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1900.155"
---

# §1900.155. Designating the processing/servicing official.

- (a) **Designating an official with equivalent authority.** The State Director (or Administrator, under [§ 1900.253(e)](/cfr/7/1900.253.md?p=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](/cfr/7/part1901-subpartA.md) 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.
- (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)](/cfr/7/1900.151.md?p=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.
- (c) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 224, Jan. 5, 1993, as amended at 80 FR 9868, Feb. 24, 2015]

### Source

Source: 58 FR 224, Jan. 5, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1989; 7 U.S.C. 6991, et. seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1480; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953 (5 U.S.C. App.).

### Amendments

[58 FR 224, Jan. 5, 1993, as amended at 80 FR 9868, Feb. 24, 2015]