§ 2624. — Suspension or termination of plans.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2624]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 58--POTATO RESEARCH AND PROMOTION
Sec. 2624. Suspension or termination of plans
(a) Duty of Secretary
The Secretary shall, whenever he finds that a plan or any provision
thereof obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of
this chapter, terminate or suspend the operation of such plan or such
provision thereof.
(b) Referendum
The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time and shall hold a
referendum on request of the board or of 10 per centum or more of the
potato producers, or of the total number of producers and importers when
importers are subject to a plan, to determine if potato producers and
importers favor the termination or suspension of the plan, and he shall
terminate or suspend such plan at the end of the marketing year whenever
he determines that such suspension or termination is favored by a
majority of those voting in a referendum, and who produce and import
more than 50 per centum of the volume of the potatoes produced and
imported by those voting in the referendum.
(c) Limitation
The termination or suspension of any plan, or any provision thereof,
shall not be considered the issuance of a plan within the meaning of
this chapter.
(Pub. L. 91-670, title III, Sec. 315, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2047; Pub.
L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1945, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3868.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original ``this
part'', and was translated as reading ``this title'', meaning title III
of Pub. L. 91-670, which enacted this chapter, as the probable intent of
Congress, because title III does not contain parts.
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1945(1), inserted ``, or of
the total number of producers and importers when importers are subject
to a plan,'' after first reference to ``potato producers'', ``and
importers'' after second reference to ``potato producers'', and ``and
import'' after ``produce'', and substituted ``and imported by those
voting in the referendum'' for ``by the potato producers voting in the
referendum''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1945(2), added subsec. (c).
