104 STAT. 3890 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 (i) ADMINISTRATION. — (1) EXPENSES.— The order shall provide that the Board shall be responsible for all expenses of the Board. (2) STAFF.— (A) IN GENERAL. —The order shall provide that the Board may establish an administrative staff or facilities of its own or contract for the use of the staff and facilities of national, nonprofit, producer-governed organizations that represent producers of soybeans. (B) LIMITATION ON SALARIES.—I f the Board establishes an administrative staff of its own, the Board is authorized to expend for administrative staff salaries and benefits an amount not to exceed one percent of the projected level of assessments to be collected by the Board, net of any refunds to be made under subsection (1)(2), for that fiscal year. (C) REIMBURSEMENT OF ORGANIZATION. —I f the staff of national, nonprofit, producer-governed organizations that represent producers of soybeans are used by the Board, the staff of such organizations shall not receive compensation directly from the Board, but such organizations shall be reimbursed for the resisonable expenses of their staffs, including salaries, incurred in performing staff duties on behalf of, and authorized by, the Board. (3) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. —The order shall provide that costs incurred by the Board in administering the order (including the cost of staff but not including administrative costs incurred by the Secretary) during any fiscal year shall not exceed 5 percent of the projected level of assessments to be collected by the Board, net of any refunds to be made under subsection (1)(2), for that fiscal year. 0) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS. — (1) AUTHORITY. — To ensure coordination and efficient use of funds, the order shall provide that the Board may enter into contracts or agreements for the implementation and carrying out of the activities authorized by this subtitle with national, nonprofit, producer-governed organizations that represent producers of soybeans, and for the payment thereof with funds received by the Board under the order. (2) COORDINATION. —To enhance coordination, the Board, when entering into contracts or agreements for the implementation and carrying out of activities authorized by this subtitle, shall ensure that all plans or projects implemented for consumer information, industry information, promotion, or research are each implemented by a single entity. There shall not be in force, at any one time, more than one contract or agreement for implementation of plans or projects for consumer information, for industry information, for promotion, or for research, except that, upon approval of the Secretary, the Board may contract with qualified State soybean boards to implement plans or projects within their respective States. (3) TERMS.— Any contract or agreement entered into under this subsection shall provide that— (A) the contracting party shall develop and submit to the Board a plan or project together with a budget or budgets that shall show estimated costs to be incurred for such plan or project;
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