FV-242A Certificate of Resolution

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE MARKETING SERVICE

SPECIALTY CROPS PROGRAM

CERTIFICATE OF RESOLUTION - CORPORATIONS ONLY

(For use by incorporated handlers)

At a duly convened meeting of the Board of Directors of the

held at ___________________________________________ on the ___________________day of _____________________20____.

RESOLVED, that ___________________________________________________________________________________________

shall become a party to the marketing agreement regulating the handling of ___________ produced in the State(s) of ___________, which was annexed to and made part of the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), and it is further,

RESOLVED, that

(Name) (Title)

and be, and

(Name) (Title)

the same hereby are, authorized and directed severally or jointly to sign, execute, and deliver counterparts of the said agreement to the Secretary.

I, _________________________________________, Secretary of __________________________________________________ do

hereby certify this is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted at the above-named meeting as said resolution appears in the

minutes thereof. (Corporate Seal; if none, so state)

(Signature) (Title)

(Address of Firm) (Date of Execution)

During the period through , the firm named herein handled pounds of ___________ that were produced in the designated production area.

If one of the contracting parties to this agreement is a corporation, my signature constitutes certification that I have the power granted to me by the Board of Directors to bind this corporation to the marketing agreement.

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FV-242A (11/2015)