[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR407.2]

[Page 75]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 407--GROUP RISK PLAN OF INSURANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE 2001 AND SUCCEEDING CROP YEARS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 407.2  Availability of Federal crop insurance.

    (a) Insurance shall be offered under the provisions of this part on 
the insured crop in counties within the limits prescribed by and in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) (the Act). The crops and counties shall be 
designated by the Manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
(FCIC) from those approved by the Board of Directors of FCIC.
    (b) The insurance will be offered through companies reinsured by 
FCIC under the same terms and conditions as the contract contained in 
this part. These contracts are clearly identified as being reinsured by 
FCIC. Additionally, the contract contained in this part may be offered 
directly to producers through agents of the United States Department of 
Agriculture. Those contracts are specifically identified as being 
offered by FCIC.
    (c) No person may have in force more than one insurance policy 
issued or reinsured by FCIC on the same crop for the same crop year, in 
the same county, unless specifically approved in writing by FCIC.
    (d) If a person has more than one contract under the Act outstanding 
on the same crop for the same crop year, in the same county, that have 
not been properly approved by FCIC, all such contracts shall be voided 
for that crop year and the person will be liable for the premium on all 
contracts, unless the person can show to the satisfaction of FCIC that 
the multiple contracts of insurance were inadvertent and without the 
fault of the person.
    (e) If the unapproved multiple contracts of insurance are shown to 
be inadvertent, and without the fault of the insured, the contract with 
the earliest application will be valid and all other contracts on that 
crop in the county for that crop year will be canceled. No liability for 
indemnity or premium will attach to the contracts so canceled.
    (f) The person must repay all amounts received in violation of this 
section with interest at the rate contained in the contract (see 
Sec. 407.8, paragraph 21).
    (g) A person whose contract with FCIC or with a company reinsured by 
FCIC under the Act has been terminated because of violation of the terms 
of the contract is not eligible to obtain crop insurance under the Act 
with FCIC or with a company reinsured by FCIC unless the person can show 
that the termination was improper and should not result in subsequent 
ineligibility.
    (h) All applicants for insurance under the Act must advise the 
insurance provider, in writing at the time of application, of any 
previous applications for insurance or contracts of insurance under the 
Act within the last 5 years and the present status of any such 
applications or insurance.