[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1205.24]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1205_COTTON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart_Procedures for Conduct of Sign-up Period
 
Sec.  1205.24  General.

    A sign-up period will be conducted to determine whether eligible 
producers and importers favor the conduct of a referendum on the 
continuance of the 1991 amendments to the Order.
    (a) If the Secretary determines, based on the results of the sign-up 
period, that at least 10 percent (4,622) or more of the number of cotton 
producers and importers who voted in the 1991 referendum request the 
conduct of a continuance referendum on the 1991 Order amendments, a 
referendum will be held

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within 12 months after the end of the sign-up period. Not more than 20 
percent of the total requests counted toward the 10 percent figure may 
be from producers from any one state or from importers of cotton.
    (b) If the Secretary determines that fewer than 10 percent (4,622) 
of the number of producers and importers who voted in the 1991 
referendum do not favor a continuance referendum, no referendum will be 
held.