[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: 7CFR917.61]

[Page 132-133]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 917_FRESH PEARS AND PEACHES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  917.61  Termination.

    (a) The Secretary may at any time terminate the provisions of this 
part by giving at least one day's notice by means of a press release or 
in any other manner in which he may determine.

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    (b) The Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of any 
and all of the provisions of this part whenever he finds that such 
provisions do not tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act.
    (c) The Secretary shall terminate the provisions of this part or the 
applicability of the provisions of this part as to a particular fruit 
whenever he finds by referendum or otherwise that such termination is 
favored by a majority of the growers of the fruit: Provided, That such 
majority has during the current fiscal period produced more than 50 
percent of the volume of the fruit which was produced within the 
production area for shipment in fresh form. Such termination shall 
become effective on the first day of March subsequent to the 
announcement therof by the Secretary.
    (d) The Control Committee shall consider all petitions from growers 
submitted to it for termination of this part provided such petitions are 
received by the Control Committee prior to October 1 of the then current 
fiscal period. Upon recommendation of the Control Committee, received 
not later than December 1 of the then current fiscal period, the 
Secretary shall conduct a referendum among the growers of the particular 
kind of fruit prior to February 15 of such fiscal period to ascertain 
whether continuance of this part is favored by producers.
    (e) The Secretary shall conduct a referendum within the period 
beginning December 1, 1974, and ending February 15, 1975, to ascertain 
whether continuance of this part as to any fruit included in this part 
is favored by the growers. The Secretary shall conduct such a referendum 
within the same period of every fourth fiscal period thereafter.
    (f) The provisions of this part shall, in any event, terminate 
whenever the provisions of the act authorizing them cease to be in 
effect.

    Effective Date Note: At 71 FR 78044, Dec. 28, 2006, Sec.  917.61 was 
amended in paragraph (e) by suspending the sentence ``The Secretary 
shall conduct such a referendum within the same period of every fourth 
fiscal period thereafter.'', effective Dec. 1, 2006 through Feb. 15, 
2007.