[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: 7CFR920.63]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 920_KIWIFRUIT GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  920.63  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 the Secretary may determine.
    (b) The Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of any 
and all of the provisions of this part whenever the Secretary 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 
whenever the Secretary finds by referendum or otherwise that such 
termination is favored by a majority of the growers: Provided, That such 
majority has, during the current marketing season, produced more than 50 
percent of the volume of the kiwifruit which were produced within the 
production area for shipment in fresh form. Such termination shall 
become effective on the first day of August subsequent to the 
announcement thereof by the Secretary.
    (d) The committee shall consider all petitions from growers 
submitted to it for termination of this part provided such petitions are 
received by the committee prior to February 1 of the then

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current fiscal period. Upon recommendation of the committee received not 
later than April 1 of the then current fiscal period, the Secretary 
shall conduct a referendum among the growers prior to July 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 May 15, 1990, and ending July 15, 1990, to ascertain whether 
continuance of this part is favored by the growers as set forth in 
paragraph (c) of this section. The Secretary shall conduct such a 
referendum within the same period of every sixth 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.