Adopted by the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board

November 11, 1986

As Amended July 23, 1995

ARTICLE I

Name and Offices

Section 1. This Board is established pursuant to the authority of the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 2901-2918), and the Beef Promotion and Research Order (7 CFR Part 1260) and shall be designated as the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, hereinafter referred to as “the Board.”

Section 2. The principle of office of the Board shall be at such location designated by the Board. Other offices may be established or designated at such places as the Board may determine.

ARTICLE II

Purpose

Section 1. The purpose of the Board is to administer the provisions of the Beef Promotion and Research Order, hereinafter referred to as the “Order,” established pursuant to the Beef Promotion and Research Act, hereinafter referred to as the “Act,” through the establishment of an orderly procedure for the development and the financing through an assessment, of an effective and continuous coordinated national program of advertising, promotion, research, consumer information and industry information for beef and other beef products produced in the 50 states of the United States, or produced abroad and imported into the United States, and to encourage the coordination of programs of promotion, research, consumer information, and industry information on the state, regional and national levels.

ARTICLE III

Definitions

Section 1. Terms which are defined in the Act, the Order, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, shall be defined in the same manner in these by-laws.

ARTICLE IV

Meetings

Section 1. A meeting of the Board shall be held annually, within 150 days following the end of each fiscal year. Such meeting shall be held at the offices of the Board unless otherwise ordered by the Board or the Chair. </