§6105 Referenda

Summary

The Secretary must hold a vote of mushroom producers and importers within the 60-day period immediately before an order becomes effective under section 6103(b). The order only goes into effect if a majority of those voting approve it and that approving group, on average each year, produces and imports more than 50 percent of the mushrooms produced and imported by all voters. Five years after an order starts, the Secretary must hold another vote to decide whether to continue, end, or pause the order. Starting 3 years after the order begins, the Secretary may hold a vote if a representative group that is 30 percent or more of the number of producers and importers asks for it. If a vote shows that a majority of voters favor suspension or ending the order, and that majority produces and imports over 50 percent of the mushrooms of all voters, the Secretary must, within 6 months, stop collecting assessments under the order and then stop or pause the order’s activities in an orderly way as soon as practical. Referenda are run in the way the Secretary decides.