50 CFR § 270.20 - Payment of assessments.

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title: "50 CFR § 270.20 - Payment of assessments."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "270.20"
section_name: "Payment of assessments."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "FISH AND SEAFOOD PROMOTION"
part_number: "270"
part_name: "SPECIES-SPECIFIC SEAFOOD MARKETING COUNCILS"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 4001-4017"
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# 270.20 Payment of assessments.

Persons subject to an assessment would be required to pay the assessment on or before the date due, unless they have demanded a refund or filed a petition of objection with NMFS under § 270.21. However, persons who have demanded a refund under § 270.22 or filed a petition of objection under § 270.21 may submit proof of these actions in leu of payment. In the case of a petition of objection, NMFs will inform the Council and the petitioner of its finding at which time petitioner must pay the revised assessment if applicable.