[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: 7CFR1240.62]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1240_HONEY RESEARCH, PROMOTION, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION--Table of 
 
   Subpart A_Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order
 
Sec.  1240.62  Suspension or termination.

    (a) The Secretary shall, whenever the Secretary finds that this 
subpart or any provision thereof obstructs or does not tend to 
effectuate the declared policy of the Act, terminate or suspend the 
operation of this subpart or such provisions thereof.
    (b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of this section, 
five years from the date the Secretary issues an order authorizing the 
collection of assessments on honey under provisions of this subpart, and 
every five years thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum to 
determine if honey producers and importers favor the termination or 
suspension of this subpart.
    (c) The Secretary shall hold a referendum on the request of the 
Board, or when petitioned by 10 percent or more of the honey producers 
and importers subject to assessment under this subpart to determine if 
the honey producers and importers favor termination or suspension of 
this subpart. A referendum under this paragraph may not be held more 
than once every two (2) years. If the Secretary determines, through a 
referendum conducted pursuant to this paragraph, that continuation of 
this subpart is approved, any referendum otherwise required to be 
conducted under paragraph (b) of this section shall not be held less 
than five (5) years after the date the referendum was conducted under 
this paragraph.

[51 FR 26148, July 21, 1986; 51 FR 29210, Aug. 15, 1986, as amended at 
56 FR 37457, Aug. 7, 1991; 66 FR 21834, May 1, 2001]