[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR270.22]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 270_SPECIES-SPECIFIC SEAFOOD MARKETING COUNCILS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 270.22  Refunds.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, any person who 
pays an assessment under the Act may demand and must promptly receive 
from the Council a refund of such assessment. A demand for refund must 
be made in accordance with procedures in the approved charter and within 
such time as will be prescribed by the Council and approved by NMFS. 
Procedures to provide such a refund must be established before any such 
assessment may be collected. Such procedures must allow any person to 
request a refund 90 days or more from such collection, and provide that 
such refund must be made within 60 days after demand for such refund is 
made.
    (b) Once a refund has been requested by a sector participant and 
paid by the Council, that sector participant may no longer participate 
in a referendum or other business of the Council during the remainder of 
the assessment rate period. Future assessments will only be sent to such 
a sector participant at the request of the sector participant. If 
assessments are paid during a future assessment rate period and no 
refund is requested, that sector participant may again participate in a 
referendum or other business of the Council.