Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§4506 Requirement of referendum

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 76— - DAIRY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - DAIRY PROMOTION PROGRAM › § 4506

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must hold a vote of milk producers within the 60 days before September 30, 1985. Voters are producers who sold milk during a representative period the Secretary sets. The order stays only if a majority of producers voting approve it; if a majority does not approve, the Secretary must stop collecting assessments within six months and end the order as soon as possible. The Board must repay the Department for costs of running any referendum under this law, but not for government employees’ salaries.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §4506

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Within the sixty-day period immediately preceding September 30, 1985, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among producers who, during a representative period (as determined by the Secretary), have been engaged in the production of milk for commercial use for the purpose of ascertaining whether the order then in effect shall be continued. Such order shall be continued only if the Secretary determines that it has been approved by not less than a majority of the producers voting in the referendum, who during a representative period (as determined by the Secretary) have been engaged in the production of milk for commercial use. If continuation of the order is not approved by a majority of the producers voting in the referendum, the Secretary shall terminate collection of assessments under the order within six months after the Secretary determines that such action is favored by a majority of the producers voting in the referendum and shall terminate the order in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after such determination.

(b)The Secretary shall be reimbursed from assessments collected by the Board for any expenses incurred by the Department in connection with the conduct of any referendum under this section and section 4507 of this title, except for the salaries of Government employees.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 4506

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73