§ 1520. Producer eligibility

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1938

   Pub. L. 92–357 · 86 Stat. 501

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1520

   Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 520, as added Pub. L. 92–357, July 28, 1972, 86 Stat. 501

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 520, as added Pub. L. 92–357, July 28, 1972, 86 Stat. 501

2. 1994

   Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–354 title I § 113 · 108 Stat. 3178

   1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1520

      Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Producer eligibility” for “Persons under twenty-one years of age” in section catchline

   2. Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 1520

      Pub. L. 103–354 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be denied insurance under this chapter solely on the ground that he is under twenty-one years of age if such person is (1) over eighteen years of age, and (2) has a bona fide insurable interest in a crop as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant or sharecropper: Provided, That any such person who enters into a Federal Crop Insurance contract shall be subject to the same legal liability and have the same legal rights with respect to such contract as any person over the age of twenty-one years.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Producer eligibility” for “Persons under twenty-one years of age” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be denied insurance under this chapter solely on the ground that he is under twenty-one years of age if such person is (1) over eighteen years of age, and (2) has a bona fide insurable interest in a crop as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant or sharecropper: Provided, That any such person who enters into a Federal Crop Insurance contract shall be subject to the same legal liability and have the same legal rights with respect to such contract as any person over the age of twenty-one years.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 113. PRODUCER ELIGIBILITY. Section 520 (7 U.S.C. 1520) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 520. PRODUCER ELIGIBILITY. “Except as otherwise provided in this title, a producer shall not be denied insurance under this title if— “(1) for purposes of catastrophic risk protection coverage, the producer is a ‘person’ (as defined by the Secretary); and “(2) for purposes of any other plan of insurance, the producer is 18 years of age and has a bona fide insurable interest in a crop as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or share-cropper.”.

3. 2008

   Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

   Pub. L. 110–246 § 12033(c)(2)(B) · 122 Stat. 1651

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1520

   Pub. L. 110–246, § 12033(c)(2)(B), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter” in two places in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 110–246, § 12033(c)(2)(B), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter” in two places in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) by striking “this title” each place it appears and inserting “this subtitle”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.

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