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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§4309 Suspension and Termination of Orders

Title 7 › Chapter 74— FLORAL RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION › § 4309

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must stop or pause any order that gets in the way of the law's goals. The Secretary can hold a vote at any time and must hold one if at least 10% of the producers and importers who voted to approve the order ask for it. If a majority of voting producers and importers who were active in producing or importing flowers and plants during a period the Secretary sets favor ending or pausing the order, the Secretary will suspend or end it six months after deciding the vote passed. A suspended or ended order is not treated as an order under this law.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §4309

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Whenever the Secretary finds that any order issued under this chapter, or any provisions thereof, obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of such order or such provisions thereof.
(b)The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time, and shall hold a referendum on request of 10 per centum or more of the number of producers and importers voting in the referendum approving the order, to determine whether such producers and importers favor the termination or suspension of the order, and shall suspend or terminate such order six months after the Secretary determines that suspension or termination of the order is approved or favored by a majority of the producers and importers voting in such referendum who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, have been engaged in the production or importation of flowers and plants.
(c)The termination or suspension of any order, or any provision thereof, shall not be considered an order within the meaning of this chapter.

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7 U.S.C. § 4309

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60