Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§4813 Refunds

Title 7 › CHAPTER 79 — PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION › § 4813

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

You can demand and get a refund from the Board of an assessment you paid before the program is approved again in the required referendum if you were the one who paid the assessment and you do not support the program. Ask for the refund on the Board’s approved form and follow its rules. The request must be filed no later than 30 days after the end of the month when the assessment was paid. The Board must pay the refund within 30 days after it gets your request, if you show proof you paid the assessment and did not pass it on to someone else.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §4813

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(a)Demand for refund; persons eligible
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, prior to the approval of the continuation of an order pursuant to the referendum required under section 4811(a) of this title, any person shall have the right to demand and receive from the Board a refund of an assessment collected under section 4809 of this title if such person—
(1)is responsible for paying such assessment; and
(2)does not support the program established under this chapter.
(b)Form and time within which demand to be made
Such demand shall be made in accordance with regulations, on a form, and within a time period prescribed by the Board and approved by the Secretary, but not later than 30 days after the end of the month in which the assessment was paid.
(c)Payment of refund on submission of satisfactory proof
Such refund shall be made not later than 30 days after demand is received therefore on submission of proof satisfactory to the Board that the producer, person, or importer—
(1)paid the assessment for which refund is sought; and
(2)did not collect such assessment from another producer, person, or importer.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1986, see section 1631 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 4801 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 4813

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110