

No single document, fact or circumstance, is conclusive in determining United States domicile, and if a nominee, member, or alternate is uncertain of his or her domicile status, he or she should consult his or her attorney.Ģ. A person may have more than one residence but only one domicile. Domiciled means a place where a person has their true, fixed, and permanent home, and to which whenever they are absent, they have the intention of returning. Section 219.30(a) of the Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information Order (the “Order”) requires every board member and alternate to be domiciled in the United States.

To be eligible to serve as a producer on the Board, producers must be in accordance with:ġ. Section 1219.30(b)(2) requires importers to be subject to assessments under the Order. In addition, the term “person” (as defined in Section 1219.19 of the Order) means any individual, group of individuals, firm, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, association, cooperative, or any other legal entity.Ĥ. A substantial activity means that the volume of a person’s Hass avocado imports must exceed the volume of the person’s production or handling of domestic Hass avocados. Section 1219.30(d) of the Order, defines an “Importer” as a “person who is involved in, as a substantial activity, the importation of Hass avocados for sale or marketing in the United States (either directly or as an agent, broker, or consignee of any person that produces Hass avocados outside of the United States for sale in the United States), who is subject to assessments under the Order, and who is listed by Customs as the importer of record for such Hass avocados.ģ. Section 1219.30(a) of the Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order) requires every board member and alternate to be domiciled in the United States. To be eligible to serve as an importer, importers must be in accordance with:ġ.
