§ 4309. Suspension and termination of orders

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. 1981

   Floral Research and Consumer Information Act

   Pub. L. 97–98 title XVII § 1710 · 95 Stat. 1213

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 4309

   (Pub. L. 97–98, title XVII, § 1710, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1354.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 97–98, title XVII, § 1710, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1354.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1710. suspension and termination of orders (a) Whenever the Secretary finds that any order issued under this title, or any provisions thereof, obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of this title, the Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of such order or such provisions thereof. (b) The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time, and shall hold a referendum on request of 10 per centum or more of the number of producers and importers voting in the referendum approving the order, to determine whether such producers and importers favor the termination or suspension of the order, and shall suspend or terminate such order six months after the Secretary determines that suspension or termination of the order is approved or favored by a majority of the producers and importers voting in such referendum who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in the production or importation of flowers and plants. (c) The termination or suspension of any order, or any provision thereof, shall not be considered an order within the meaning of this title.

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