§6309 Administrative Provisions

Summary

Federal rules here do not replace other soybean promotion, research, or information programs run by the United States or any State. They also do not allow anyone to keep information from Congress. Those protections apply except for the specific limits below. A State cannot hold a vote to end a qualified State soybean board or its assessment while an order under section 6303 is in effect and until 18 months after the order’s referendum under section 6305(a). If that referendum is approved by a majority of producers in the State, the State’s law must be suspended for an extra 36 months. This does not stop a State vote that only changes a program without ending the board or assessment, or a vote started by soybean producers. While an order is active, State laws cannot cap the assessment rate that a State board may collect up to the full credit allowed for producer contributions under section 6304(l)(4). The same rules that apply to orders also apply to changes to orders.