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Code · U.S. Code · Title 7 - AGRICULTURE · CHAPTER 80— WATERMELON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION · § 4904

§ 4904. Notice and hearings

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(a)When sufficient evidence, as determined by the Secretary, is presented to the Secretary by watermelon producers, handlers, and importers, or whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that a plan will tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the Secretary shall give due notice and opportunity for a hearing on a proposed plan. Such hearing may be requested by watermelon producers, handlers, or importers or by any other interested person, including the Secretary, when the request for such hearing is accompanied by a proposal for a plan.
(b)After notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in subsection
(a)of this section, the Secretary shall issue a plan if the Secretary finds, and sets forth in such plan, on the evidence introduced at the hearing that the issuance of the plan and all the terms and conditions thereof will tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1645, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1623; Pub. L. 103–189, § 8(c), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2261.)
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  • Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1645
  • 99 Stat. 1623
  • Pub. L. 103–189, § 8(c)
  • 107 Stat. 2261
  • Pub. L. 103–189
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§ 4904
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1645
Stat.99 Stat. 1623
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–189, § 8(c)
Stat.107 Stat. 2261
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–189
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