§ 585. Fees for inspection and certification; certificates as prima facie evidence

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. 1933

   Pub. L. 73–59 § 5 · 48 Stat. 123

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 585

   June 10, 1933, ch. 59, § 5, 48 Stat. 124

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 10, 1933, ch. 59, § 5, 48 Stat. 124

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. For inspecting and certifying the grade, quality, and/or condition of apples and/or pears the Secretary shall cause to be collected a reasonable fee which shall as nearly as may be cover the Provisos. Availability. cost of the service rendered: Provided, That when cooperative arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary, or his designated representative, for carrying out the purposes of this Act cannot be made the fees collected hereunder in such cases shall be available until expended to defray the cost of the service rendered, and in such cases the limitations on the amounts expended for the purchase and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles shall not be Admissability of certificates as evidence. applicable: Provided further, That certificates issued by the authorized agents of the United States Department of Agriculture shall be received in all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained.

2. 1999

   Pub. L. 106–96 § 1(c)(1) · 113 Stat. 1321

   Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 585

   Pub. L. 106–96 struck out “and/or pears” after “of apples”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 106–96 struck out “and/or pears” after “of apples”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by striking “and/or pears” each place it appears in the first section and sections 5 and 6; and 7 USC 581, 585, 586.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision