[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: 7CFR953.34]

[Page 407]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 953_IRISH POTATOES GROWN IN SOUTHEASTERN STATES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  953.34  Assessments.

    (a) Each handler who first handles potatoes shall, with respect to 
the potatoes so handled by him, pay to the committee such handler's pro 
rata share of the expenses which the Secretary finds will be necessarily 
incurred by the committee for its maintenance and functioning during 
each fiscal year. Such handler's pro rata share of such expenses shall 
be equal to the ratio between the total quantity of potatoes handled by 
him as the first handler thereof, during the applicable fiscal year, and 
the total quantity of potatoes handled by all handlers as the first 
handlers thereof, during the same fiscal year. The Secretary shall fix 
the rate of assessment to be paid by such handlers: Provided, That the 
rate of assessment during each fiscal year shall not exceed 1 cent per 
hundred-weight.
    (b) At any time during or after a fiscal year, the Secretary may 
increase the rate of assessment in order to secure sufficient funds to 
cover any later finding by the Secretary relative to the expenses of the 
committee. Such increase shall be applicable to all potatoes handled 
during the given fiscal year. In order to provide funds to carry out the 
functions of the committee, handlers may make advance payment of 
assessments.