7 U.S.C. § 2624 : US Code - Section 2624: Suspension or termination of plans

Search 7 U.S.C. § 2624 : US Code - Section 2624: Suspension or termination of plans

(a) Duty of Secretary
The Secretary shall, whenever he finds that a plan or any
provision thereof obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the
declared policy of this chapter, terminate or suspend the operation
of such plan or such provision thereof.
(b) Referendum
The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time and shall hold
a referendum on request of the board or of 10 per centum or more of
the potato producers, or of the total number of producers and
importers when importers are subject to a plan, to determine if
potato producers and importers favor the termination or suspension
of the plan, and he shall terminate or suspend such plan at the end
of the marketing year whenever he determines that such suspension
or termination is favored by a majority of those voting in a
referendum, and who produce and import more than 50 per centum of
the volume of the potatoes produced and imported by those voting in
the referendum.
(c) Limitation
The termination or suspension of any plan, or any provision
thereof, shall not be considered the issuance of a plan within the
meaning of this chapter.