7-U.S.C.-4913
§4913 – Suspension Or Termination of Plans
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Title 7 > Chapter 80 > Section 4913
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- Reference: Section 4913
- Legend: §4913 – Suspension Or Termination of Plans
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Whenever the Secretary finds that a plan or any provision thereof obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of the plan or provision.
(b) The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time, and shall hold a referendum on request of the Board or at least 10 percent of the combined total of the watermelon producers, handlers, and importers eligible to vote in a referendum, to determine if watermelon producers, handlers, and importers favor the termination or suspension of the plan. The Secretary shall terminate or suspend the plan at the end of the marketing year whenever the Secretary determines that the termination or suspension is favored by a majority of those voting in the referendum, and who produce, handle, or import more than 50 per cent of the combined total of the volume of the watermelons produced by the producers, handled by the handlers, or imported by the importers voting in the referendum.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, §1654, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1630; Pub. L. 103–189, §8(j), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2263.)
Amendments
1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–189, §8(j)(3), struck out at end Any such referendum shall be conducted at county extension offices.”
Pub. L. 103–189, §8(j)(2)(C), which directed the substitution of , handled by the handlers, or imported by the importers” for or handled by the handlers,” in second sentence, was executed by making the substitution in text which did not contain a comma after the word handlers”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 103–189, §8(j)(1)–(2)(B), in first sentence, substituted at least 10 percent of the combined total” for 10 per centum or more” and , handlers, and importers” for and handlers” in two places, and in second sentence, substituted , handle, or import” for or handle” and 50 percent of the combined total” for 50 per centum”.
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