[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: 7CFR929.50]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
   PART 929_CRANBERRIES GROWN IN STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND,
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  929.50  Transfers of Sales Histories and Annual Allotments.

    (a) Leases and sales of cranberry acreage--(1) Total or partial 
lease of cranberry acreage. When total or partial lease of cranberry 
acreage occurs, sales history attributable to the acreage being leased 
shall remain with the lessor.
    (2) Total sale of cranberry acreage. When there is a sale of a 
grower's total cranberry producing acreage, the committee shall transfer 
all owned acreage and all associated sales history to such acreage to 
the buyer. The seller and buyer shall file a sales transfer form 
providing the committee with such information as may be requested so 
that the buyer will have immediate access to the sales history 
computation process.
    (3) Partial sale of cranberry acreage. When less than the total 
cranberry producing acreage is sold, sales history associated with that 
portion of the acreage being sold shall be transferred with the acreage. 
The seller shall provide the committee with a sales transfer form 
containing, but not limited to the distribution of acreage and the 
percentage of sales history, as defined in Sec.  929.48(a)(1), 
attributable to the acreage being sold.
    (4) No sale of cranberry acreage shall be recognized unless the 
committee is notified in writing.
    (b) Allotment Transfers. During a year of volume regulation, a 
grower may transfer all or part of his/her allotment to another grower. 
If a lease is in effect the lessee shall receive allotment from lessor 
attributable to the acreage leased. Provided, That the transferred 
allotment shall remain assigned to the same handler and that the 
transfer shall take place prior to a date to be recommended by the 
Committee and

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approved by the Secretary. Transfers of allotment between growers having 
different handlers may occur with the consent of both handlers.
    (c) The committee may establish, with the approval of the Secretary, 
rules and regulations, as needed, for the implementation and operation 
of this section.

[70 FR 7642, Feb. 15, 2005]