---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 780.8"
title: "7"
number: "780.8"
heading: "County committee appeals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/780.8"
---

# §780.8. County committee appeals.

- (a) A request for appeal to a county committee concerning a decision of a subordinate of the county committee must be submitted by a participant or by a participant's authorized representative in writing and must be addressed to the office in which the subordinate is employed.
- (b) **The Federal Rules of Evidence do not apply to appeals to a county committee.** However, a county committee may confine presentations of evidence to material facts and may exclude evidence or questions that are irrelevant, unduly repetitious, or otherwise inappropriate.
- (c) The official county committee decision on an appeal will be the decision letter that is issued following disposition of the appeal.
- (d) Deliberations shall be in confidence except to the extent that a county committee may request the assistance of county committee or FSA employees during deliberations.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 574; 7 U.S.C. 6995; 15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c; 16 U.S.C. 590h.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 43266, July 27, 2005, unless otherwise noted.