7 USC § 6210 - Suspension and termination

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s6210"
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title: "7 USC § 6210 - Suspension and termination"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "6210"
section_name: "Suspension and termination"
chapter_number: 91
chapter_name: "LIME PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1961, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3880.)"
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# § 6210. Suspension and termination

**(a)** **Finding of Secretary** section 6203(a) of this title

If the Secretary finds that an order issued under , or a provision of such order, obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary shall terminate or suspend the operation of such order or provision.

**(b)** **Periodic referenda** section 6203(a) of this title

The Secretary may periodically conduct a referendum to determine if lime producers, producer-handlers, and importers favor the continuation, termination, or suspension of any order issued under  and in effect at the time of such referendum.

**(c)** **Required referenda** The Secretary shall hold a referendum under subsection (b)—

**(1)** at the request of the Board; or

**(2)** if not less than 10 percent of the lime producers, producer-handlers, and importers subject to assessment under this chapter submit a petition requesting such a referendum.

**(d)** **Limitation** The termination or suspension of any order, or any provision thereof, shall not be considered an order within the meaning of this chapter.

**(e)** **Vote** The Secretary shall suspend or terminate the order at the end of the marketing year if the Secretary determines that—

**(1)** the suspension or termination of the order is favored by not less than a majority of those persons voting in a referendum under subsection (b); and

**(2)** the producers, producer-handlers, and importers comprising this majority produce and import more than 50 percent of the volume of limes produced and imported by those voting in the referendum.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–624, title XIX, § 1961, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3880.)