[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: 7CFR955.71]

[Page 424]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 955_VIDALIA ONIONS GROWN IN GEORGIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 955.71  Termination or suspension.

    (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 which the Secretary may determine.
    (b) The Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operations of any 
or all of the provisions of this part whenever it is found that such 
provisions do not tend to effectuate the declared policy of the Act.
    (c) The Secretary shall terminate the provisions of this part at the 
end of any fiscal period whenever it is found that such termination is 
favored by a majority of producers who, during a representative period, 
have been engaged in the production of Vidalia onions:

Provided, That such majority has, during such representative period, 
produced for market more than fifty percent of the volume of such 
Vidalia onions produced for market, but such termination shall be 
effective only if announced on or before June 15 of the then current 
fiscal period.
    (d) Within six years of the effective date of this part, the 
Secretary shall conduct a continuance referendum to ascertain whether 
continuance of this part is favored by producers. Subsequent referenda 
to ascertain continuance shall be conducted every six years thereafter.
    (e) The provisions of this part shall, in any event, terminate 
whenever the provisions of the Act authorizing them cease to be in 
effect.