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[CITE: 7USC6210]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER 91--LIME PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
 
Sec. 6210. Suspension and termination


(a) Finding of Secretary

    If the Secretary finds that an order issued under section 6203(a) of 
this title, or a provision of such order, obstructs or does not tend to 
effectuate the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary shall terminate 
or suspend the operation of such order or provision.

(b) Periodic referenda

    The Secretary may periodically conduct a referendum to determine if 
lime producers, producer-handlers, and importers favor the continuation, 
termination, or suspension of any order issued under section 6203(a) of 
this title and in effect at the time of such referendum.

(c) Required referenda

    The Secretary shall hold a referendum under subsection (b) of this 
section--
        (1) at the request of the Board; or
        (2) if not less than 10 percent of the lime producers, producer-
    handlers, and importers subject to assessment under this chapter 
    submit a petition requesting such a referendum.

(d) Limitation

    The termination or suspension of any order, or any provision 
thereof, shall not be considered an order within the meaning of this 
chapter.

(e) Vote

    The Secretary shall suspend or terminate the order at the end of the 
marketing year if the Secretary determines that--
        (1) the suspension or termination of the order is favored by not 
    less than a majority of those persons voting in a referendum under 
    subsection (b) of this section; and
        (2) the producers, producer-handlers, and importers comprising 
    this majority produce and import more than 50 percent of the volume 
    of limes produced and imported by those voting in the referendum.

(Pub. L. 101-624, title XIX, Sec. 1961, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3880.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6209 of this title.
