Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 79 — Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information
§ 4811. Referendum
Statutory text
Continuation of order
For the purpose of determining whether an order then 1 effect shall be continued during the period beginning not earlier than 24 months after the issuance of the order and ending not later than 30 months after the issuance of the order, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among persons who have been pork producers and importers during a representative period, as determined by the Secretary.
Factors determining continuation; termination of order
Such order shall be continued only if the Secretary determines that such order has been approved by not less than a majority of the producers and importers voting in the referendum.
If the continuation of such order is not approved by a majority of the producers and importers voting in the referendum, the Secretary shall terminate—
collection of assessments under the order not later than 6 months after the date of such determination; and
the order in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after the date of such determination.
Reimbursement for cost
The Secretary shall be reimbursed from assessments collected by the Board for any expenses incurred in connection with a referendum conducted under this section or section 4812 of this title.
Manner of conducting
A referendum shall be conducted in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary.
Amendment of initial order
A referendum to amend the initial order shall be conducted pursuant to this section.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by “in”.
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.
Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985
Pub. L. 99–198 title XVI § 1622 · 99 Stat. 1354
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 4811
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1622, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1618.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1622, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1618.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1622. referendum (a) For the purpose of determining whether an order then effect shall be continued during the period beginning not earlier than 24 months after the issuance of the order and ending not later than 30 months after the issuance of the order, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among persons who have been pork producers and importers during a representative period, as determined by the Secretary. (b) (1) Such order shall be continued only if the Secretary determines that such order has been approved by not less than a majority of the producers and importers voting in the referendum. (2) If the continuation of such order is not approved by a majority of the producers and importers voting in the referendum, the Secretary shall terminate— (A) collection of assessments under the order not later than 6 months after the date of such determination; and (B) the order in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after the date of such determination. (c) The Secretary shall be reimbursed from assessments collected by the Board for any expenses incurred in connection with a referendum Infra. conducted under this section or section 1623. (d) A referendum shall be conducted in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary. (e) A referendum to amend the initial order shall be conducted pursuant to this section.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 1631 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 4801 of this title.