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[USC02] 7 USC 6204: Required terms in orders
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7 USC 6204: Required terms in orders Text contains those laws in effect on July 8, 2020
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 91-LIME PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
§6204. Required terms in orders
(b) Lime Board
Such order shall provide for the establishment of a Lime Board as follows:
The Board shall be composed of-
(A) 3 members who are producers and who are not exempt from an assessment under subsection (d)(5)(A);
(B) 3 members who are importers and who are not exempt from an assessment under subsection (d)(5)(A); and
(C) one member appointed from the general public.
(A) be appointed in the same manner as the member for whom such individual is an alternate; and
(B) serve on the Board if such member is absent from a meeting or is disqualified under paragraph (5).
The initial members of the Board appointed under the amended order shall serve a term of 30 months. Subsequent appointments to the Board shall be for a term of 3 years, except that-
(A) 2 members shall be appointed for a term of 1 year;
(B) 2 members shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and
(C) 3 members shall be appointed for a term of 3 years;
(8) Powers and duties
(A) administer orders issued by the Secretary under section 6203(a) of this title, and amendments to such orders, in accordance with their terms and provisions and consistent with this chapter;
(B) prescribe rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of such orders;
(C) receive, investigate, and report to the Secretary accounts of violations of such orders;
(D) make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to amendments that should be made to such orders; and
(c) Budgets and plans
Such order shall provide for periodic budgets and plans as follows:
Each budget shall include a plan for research, promotion, and consumer information regarding limes. A plan under this paragraph shall take effect on the approval of the Secretary. The Board may enter into contracts and agreements, with the approval of the Secretary, for-
(A) the development and carrying out of such plan; and
(B) the payment of the cost of such plan with funds collected pursuant to this chapter.
(d) Assessments
Such order shall provide for the imposition and collection of assessments with regard to the production and importation of limes as follows:
(2) Collection by first handlers
Except as provided in paragraph (4), the first handler of limes shall-
(A) be responsible for the collection from the producer, and payment to the Board, of assessments under this subsection; and
(B) maintain a separate record of the limes of each producer whose limes are so handled, including the limes owned by the handler.
(5) De minimis exception
The following persons are exempt from an assessment under this subsection-
(A) a producer who produces less than 200,000 pounds of limes per year;
(B) a producer-handler who produces and handles less than 200,000 pounds of limes per year; and
(C) an importer who imports less than 200,000 pounds of limes per year.
(6) Claiming an exemption
To claim an exemption under paragraph (5) for a particular year, a person shall submit an application to the Board-
(A) stating the basis for such exemption; and
(B) certifying that such person will not exceed the limitation required for such exemption in such year.
Such order shall provide that funds paid to the Board as assessments under subsection (d)-
(A) may be used by the Board to-
(i) pay for research, promotion, and consumer information described in the budget of the Board under subsection (c) and for other expenses incurred by the Board in the administration of an order;
(ii) pay such other expenses for the administration, maintenance, and functioning of the Board as may be authorized by the Secretary; and
(iii) fund a reserve established under section 6205(4) of this title; and
(B) shall be used to pay the expenses incurred by the Secretary, including salaries and expenses of Government employees in implementing and administering the order, except as provided in paragraph (2).
(f) False claims
Such order shall provide that any promotion funded with assessments collected under subsection (d) may not make-
(1) any false or unwarranted claims on behalf of limes; and
(2) any false or unwarranted statements with respect to the attributes or use of any product that competes with limes for sale in commerce.
(1) By the Board
Such order shall require the Board-
(C) to submit to the Secretary at the end of each fiscal year a complete audit report regarding the activities of the Board during such fiscal year.
(2) By others
So that information and data will be available to the Board and the Secretary that is appropriate or necessary for the effectuation, administration, or enforcement of this chapter (or any order or regulation issued under this chapter), such order shall require handlers, producer-handlers, and importers who are responsible for the collection, payment, or remittance of assessments under subsection (d)-
(A) to maintain and make available for inspection by the employees of the Board and the Secretary such books and records as may be required by the order; and
(B) to file, at the times, in the manner, and having the content prescribed by the order, reports regarding the collection, payment, or remittance of such assessments.
Nothing in this subsection prohibits-
(A) issuance of general statements based on the reports of a number of handlers, producer-handlers, and importers subject to an order, if the statements do not identify the information furnished by any person; or
(B) the publication by direction of the Secretary, of the name of any person violating an order issued under section 6203(a) of this title, together with a statement of the particular provisions of the order violated by such person.
( Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, §1955, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3872 ; Pub. L. 102–237, title VIII, §805(1), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1882 ; Pub. L. 103–194, §4, Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2295 .)
1993-Subsec. (b)(1)(A), (2)(B). Pub. L. 103–194, §4(a)(1), (2), substituted "3" for "7".
Subsec. (b)(2)(F). Pub. L. 103–194, §4(a)(3), inserted at end "The Secretary shall terminate the initial Board established under this subsection as soon as practicable after December 14, 1993."
Subsec. (b)(2)(G). Pub. L. 103–194, §4(a)(4), added subpar. (G).
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103–194, §4(b)(1), substituted "The initial members of the Board appointed under the amended order shall serve a term of 30 months. Subsequent appointments to the Board shall be for a term of 3 years, except that-" for "Members of the Board shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. Of the members first appointed-".
Subsec. (b)(4)(A). Pub. L. 103–194, §4(b)(2), substituted "2" for "3".
Subsec. (b)(4)(B). Pub. L. 103–194, §4(b)(3), substituted "2" for "4" before "members".
Subsec. (b)(4)(C). Pub. L. 103–194, §4(b)(4), substituted "3" for "4" before "members".
Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 103–194, §4(c), substituted "200,000" for "35,000", wherever appearing.
1991-Subsec. (e)(1)(B). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted "Government employees" for "government employees".