[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: 7CFR984.69]

[Page 586-587]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 984_WALNUTS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 984.69  Assessments.

    (a) Requirement for payment. Each handler shall pay the Board, on 
demand, his pro rata share of the expenses authorized by the Secretary 
for each marketing year. Each handler's

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pro rata share shall be the rate of assessment per kernelweight pound of 
walnuts fixed by the Secretary times the kernelweight of merchantable 
walnuts he has certified. At any time during or after the marketing year 
the Secretary may increase the assessment rate as necessary to cover 
authorized expenses and each handler's pro rata share shall be adjusted 
accordingly.
    (b) Reserve walnut pool expenses. The Board is authorized temporary 
use of funds derived from assessments collected pursuant to paragraph 
(a) of this section to defray expenses incurred in disposing of reserve 
walnuts pooled. All such expenses shall be deducted from the proceeds 
obtained by the Board from the sale or other disposal of pooled reserve 
walnuts.
    (c) Refunds. At the end of a marketing year, funds in excess of the 
marketing year's expenses shall be refunded to handlers from whom 
collected and each handler's share of such excess funds shall be the 
amount of assessments he has paid in excess of his pro rata share of the 
actual expenses of the Board. Excess funds may be used temporarily by 
the Board to defray expenses of the subsequent marketing year: Provided, 
That each handler's share of such excess shall be made available to him 
by the Board within five months after the end of the year.
    (d) Termination. Any money collected from assessments hereunder and 
remaining unexpended in the possession of the Board upon termination of 
this part shall be distributed in such manner as the Secretary may 
direct.

[27 FR 9094, Sept. 13, 1962, as amended at 41 FR 31544, July 29, 1976]

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