[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: 7CFR1205.29]

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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.  1205.29  Reporting results.

    (a) Each county FSA office shall prepare and transmit to the state 
FSA office, by September 10, 2002, a written report of the number of 
eligible producers who requested the conduct of a referendum, and the 
number of ineligible persons who made requests.
    (b) ORAS shall prepare, by September 10, 2002, a written report of 
the number of eligible importers who requested the conduct of a 
referendum, and the number of ineligible persons who made requests.
    (c) Each state FSA office shall, by September 17, 2002, forward all 
county reports to ORAS. By September 24, 2002, ORAS shall forward its 
report of the total number of eligible producers and importers that 
requested a continuance referendum, through the sign-up period, to the 
Deputy Administrator, Cotton Program, AMS, Stop 0224, 1400 Independence 
Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-0224.
    (d) The Chief of the Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton Program, 
shall prepare a report of the requests received, including the number of 
eligible persons who requested the conduct of a referendum, and the 
number of ineligible persons who made requests, to the Deputy 
Administrator of the Cotton Program, and shall maintain one copy of the 
report where it will be available for public inspection for a period of 
5 years following the end of the sign-up period.
    (e) The Deputy Administrator of the Cotton Program shall prepare and 
submit to the Secretary a report of the results of the sign-up period. 
The Secretary will conduct a referendum if requested by 10 percent or 
more of the number of cotton producers and importers voting in the most 
recent (July 1991) referendum, but not more than 20 percent of the total 
requests counted toward the 10 percent figure may be from producers in 
any one state or

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from importers of cotton. The Secretary shall announce the results of 
the sign-up period in a separate notice in the Federal Register.

[67 FR 21170, Apr. 30, 2002]