(a) The Board is authorized to incur such expenses (including provision for a reasonable reserve) as the Secretary finds are reasonable and likely to be incurred by the Board for its maintenance and functioning and to enable it to exercise its powers and perform its duties in accordance with the provisions of this subpart. However, after the first full year of operation of the order, administrative expenses incurred by the Board shall not exceed 5 percent of the projected revenue of that fiscal year. Such expenses shall be paid from assessments collected pursuant to §1150.152.

(b) The Board shall reimburse the Secretary, from assessments collected pursuant to §1150.152, for administrative costs incurred by the Department after May 1, 1984.

(c) The Board is authorized to expend up to the amount of the assessments collected from United States producers to promote dairy products produced in the United States in foreign markets.

[49 FR 11816, Mar. 28, 1984, as amended at 76 FR 14789, Mar. 18, 2011]