PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 792-OCT. 31, 1949
Apportionment to
counties.
Ante, p. 1059.
Adjustments.
Proclamation by
Secretary.
Referendum.
"Farm marketing
excess."
Maximum.
farms on the basis of past production of rice on the farm such per-
centage of the State acreage allotment shall be apportioned among
the farms on which rice is to be planted during the calendar year for
which the apportionment is made but on which rice was not planted
during any of the past five years, on the basis of the applicable appor-
tionment factors set forth herein.
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act-
"(1) if farm acreage allotments are established by using past
production of rice on the farm and the acreage allotments previ-
ously established for the farm in lieu of past production of rice by
the producer and the acreage allotments previously established
for owners or operators, the State acreage allotment shall be
apportioned among counties in the State on the same basis as the
national acreage allotment is apportioned among the States and
the county acreage allotments shall be apportioned to farms on
the basis of the applicable factors set forth in subsection (b) of
this section: Provided, That the State committee may reserve not
to exceed 5 per centum of the State allotment, which shall be used
to make adjustments in county allotments for trends in acreage
and for abnormal conditions affecting plantings;
"(2) any acreage planted to rice in excess of the farm acreage
allotment shall not be taken into account in establishing State,
county, and farm acreage allotments.
" MARK ET ING QUOTAS
"SEC. 354. (a) Whenever in any calendar year the Secretary deter-
mines that the total supply of rice for the marketing year beginning in
such calendar year will exceed the normal supply for such marketing
year by more than 10 per centum, the Secretary shall not later than
December 31 of such calendar year proclaim such fact and marketing
quotas shall be in effect for the crop of rice produced in the next
calendar year.
"(b) Within thirty days after the date of the issuance of the procla-
mation specified in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall
conduct a referendum by secret ballot of farmers engaged in the
production of the immediately preceding crop of rice to determine
whether such farmers are in favor of or opposed to such quotas. If
more than one-third of the farmers voting in the referendum oppose
such quotas the Secretary shall, prior to the 15th day of February,
proclaim the result of the referendum and such quotas shall become
ineffective.
"AMBOUNT OF FARM MARKETING QUOTA
"SEC. 355. The farm marketing quota for any crop of rice shall be
the actual production of rice on the farm less the normal production
of the acreage planted to rice on the farm in excess of the farm acre-
age allotment. The normal production from such excess acreage shall
be known as the 'farm marketing excess': Provided, That the farm
marketing excess shall not be larger than the amount by which the
actual production of rice on the farm exceeds the normal production
of the farm acreage allotment if the producer establishes such actual
production to the satisfaction of the Secretary.
" P ENALTIES AND STORAGE
"SEC. 356. (a) Whenever farm marketing quotas are in effect with
respect to any crop of rice, the producer shall be subject to a penalty
on the farm marketing excess at a rate per pound equal to 60 per
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