§4309 Suspension and termination of orders

Summary

The Secretary must stop or pause any order under this chapter if it gets in the way of the chapter’s goals. The Secretary can hold a vote on this at any time, and must hold one if at least 10 percent of the number of producers and importers who voted in the order-approval vote ask for it. If a majority of the producers and importers voting — who were active in producing or importing flowers and plants during a representative period set by the Secretary — favor ending or pausing the order, the Secretary must suspend or end the order six months after that decision. Ending or pausing an order is not treated as creating a new order under this chapter.