§ 6006. Permissive terms in plans

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. 1990

   Pecan Promotion and Research Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XIX § 1911 · 104 Stat. 3359

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6006

   (Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1911, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3847.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1911, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3847.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1911. PERMISSIVE TERMS IN PLANS. (a) In General.— A plan issued pursuant to this subtitle may contain one or more of the terms and conditions contained in this section. (b) Exemptions.— The plan may provide authority to exempt from the plan pecans used for nonfood uses and authority for the Board to require satisfactory safeguards against improper uses of such exemptions. (c) Different Payment and Reporting Schedules.— The plan may provide authority to designate different payment and reporting schedules for growers, grower-shellers, first handlers and importers to recognize differences in marketing practices and procedures utilized in different production areas. (d) Promotion.— The plan may provide for the establishment, issuance, effectuation, and administration of appropriate programs or projects for the promotion of pecans and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes, except that— (1) any such program or project shall be directed toward increasing the general demand for pecans; and (2) such promotional activities shall comply with other restrictions on the use of funds that are established under this subtitle. (e) Research and Information.— The plan may provide for establishing and carrying on research, consumer information, and industry information projects and studies to the end that the marketing and utilization of pecans may be encouraged, expanded, improved, or made more efficient, and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes. (f) Reserve Funds.— The plan may provide authority to accumulate reserve funds from assessments collected pursuant to this subtitle, to permit an effective and continuous coordinated program of research, consumer information, industry information and promotion in years when the production and assessment income may be reduced, except that the total reserve fund may not exceed the amount budgeted for the operation of the plan for 2 years. (g) Foreign Markets.— The plan may provide authority to use funds collected under this subtitle, with the approval of the Secretary, for the development and expansion of pecan sales in foreign markets.

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