[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR905.41]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 905_ORANGES, GRAPEFRUIT, TANGERINES, AND TANGELOS GROWN IN 
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  905.41  Assessments.

    (a) Each handler who first handles fruit shall pay to committee, 
upon demand, such handler's pro rata share of the expenses which the 
Secretary finds will be incurred by the committee for the maintenance 
and functioning, during each fiscal period, of the committee established 
under this subpart. Each such handler's share of such expenses shall be 
that proportion thereof which the total quantity of fruit shipped by 
such handler as the first handler thereof during the applicable fiscal 
period is of the total quantity of fruit so shipped by all handlers 
during the same fiscal period. The Secretary shall fix the rate of 
assessment per standard packed carton of fruit to be paid by each such 
handler. The payment of assessments for the maintenance and functioning 
of the committee may be required under this part throughout the period 
it is in effect irrespective of whether particular provisions thereof 
are suspended or become inoperative.
    (b) At any time during or after the fiscal period, the Secretary may 
increase the rate of assessment so that the sum of money collected 
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be adequate to cover 
the said expenses. Such increase shall be applicable to all fruit 
shipped during the given fiscal period. In order to provide funds to 
carry

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out the functions of the committee established under Sec.  905.19, 
handlers may make advance payment of assessments.
    (c) In the case of an extreme emergency, the committee may borrow 
money on a short term basis to provide funds for the administration of 
this part. Any such borrowed money shall only be used to meet the 
committee's current financial obligations, and the committee shall repay 
all such borrowed money by the end of the next fiscal period from 
assessment income.

[22 FR 10734, Dec. 27, 1957. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961, 
and amended at 42 FR 59370, Nov. 17, 1977; 54 FR 37293, Sept. 8, 1989]