[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR916.64]

[Page 106-107]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 916_NECTARINES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 916.64  Termination.

    (a) The Secretary may at any time terminate the provisions of this 
part by giving at least one day's notice by means of a press release or 
in any other manner in which he may determine.
    (b) The Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of any 
and all of the provisions of this part whenever he finds that such 
provisions do not tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act.
    (c) The Secretary shall terminate the provisions of this part 
whenever he finds by referendum or otherwise that such termination is 
favored by a majority of the growers: Provided, That such majority has, 
during the current marketing season, produced more than 50 percent of 
the volume of the nectarines which were produced within the production 
area for shipment in fresh form. Such termination shall become effective 
on the first day of March subsequent to the announcement thereof by the 
Secretary.
    (d) The committee shall consider all petitions from growers 
submitted to it for termination of this part provided such petitions are 
received by the committee prior to October 1 of the then current fiscal 
period. Upon recommendation of the committee received not later than 
December 1 of the then current fiscal period, the Secretary shall 
conduct a referendum among the growers prior to February 15 of such 
fiscal period to ascertain whether continuance of this part is favored 
by producers.
    (e) The Secretary shall conduct a referendum within the period 
beginning December 1, 1974, and ending February 15, 1975, to ascertain 
whether continuance of this part is favored by the growers. The 
Secretary shall conduct

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such referendum within the same period of every fourth fiscal period 
thereafter.
    (f) The provisions of this part shall, in any event, terminate 
whenever the provisions of the act authorizing them cease to be in 
effect.

[23 FR 4616, June 25, 1958. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961, 
and amended at 31 FR 8177, June 10, 1966; 36 FR 9290, May 22, 1971]