Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§4014 Refunds
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 60— - FISH AND SEAFOOD PROMOTION › § 4014
Summary
Anyone who pays an assessment under this chapter can ask the council for a refund and must get it promptly. Requests must follow the council’s refund rules that the Secretary approves. Those rules must exist before any assessments are collected, must let people ask for a refund for at least 90 days after paying, and must require refunds to be paid within 60 days after the request.
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Title 16, §4014
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person who pays an assessment under this chapter may demand and shall promptly receive from the council a refund of such assessment. A demand for refund must be made in accordance with the procedures, and within such time, as shall be prescribed by the council and approved by the Secretary. Procedures to provide such a refund shall be established before any such assessment may be collected. Such procedures shall allow any person to request a refund for not less than ninety days from such collection, and provide that any such refund shall be made within sixty days after demand for such refund is made.
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16 U.S.C. § 4014
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73