Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§6012 Suspension or Termination of Plan

Title 7 › CHAPTER 89 — PECAN PROMOTION AND RESEARCH › § 6012

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must stop or pause any program or part of a program if it blocks or fails to carry out the chapter’s goals. If a referendum shows a majority of the growers, grower-shellers, and importers who voted want the program suspended or ended, the Secretary must follow that result. After deciding to suspend or end a program because of a referendum, the Secretary must stop collecting assessments within 6 months of that decision and must wind down the program’s activities in an orderly way as soon as practicable. A suspended or ended program is not treated as a plan under this chapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §6012

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(a)Mandatory suspension or termination

The Secretary shall, whenever the Secretary finds that the plan or any provision of the plan obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, terminate or suspend the operation of such plan or provision.

(b)Suspension or termination

If, as a result of any referendum conducted under this chapter, the Secretary determines that suspension or termination of a plan is favored by a majority of the growers, grower-shellers, and importers voting in the referendum, the Secretary shall—

(1)within 6 months after making such determination, suspend or terminate, as the case may be, collection of assessments under the plan; and

(2)suspend or terminate, as the case may be, activities under the plan in an orderly manner as soon as practicable.

(c)Limitation

The termination or suspension of any plan, or any provision thereof, shall not be considered a plan within the meaning of this chapter.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 6012

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110