PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 512-AUG. 25 , 1949 Limitations. Multiple crop insur- ance. Increase in number of counties. Reinsurance for pri- vate insurance com- panies. Maximum amount. Reduction of maxi- mum percentage. Losses not covered. Refusal to insure. Report to Congress. 58 Stat. 919. 7 U.S. C ., Supp. II, § 1508 (b). insured commodity due to unavoidable causes, including drought, flood, hail, wind, frost, winterkill, lightning, fire, excessive rain, snow, wildlife, hurricane, tornado, insect infestation, plant disease, and such other unavoidable causes as may be determined by the Board: Provided,That, except in the case of tobacco, such insurance shall not extend beyond the period the insured commodity is in the field. In 1948 insurance shall be limited to not more than seven agricultural commodities (including wheat, cotton, flax, corn, and tobacco) and to not more than three additional agricultural commodities in each ear thereafter: Provided,That other agricultural commodities may be included in multiple crop insurance (insurance on two or more agricultural commodities under one contract with a producer). Insurance shall be limited to producers in not to exceed two hundred counties in the case of wheat, fifty-six counties in the case of cotton, fifty counties each in the case of corn and flax, thirty-five counties in the case of tobacco, twenty counties in the case of any other agricul- tural commodity, and, in addition, fifty counties in the case of multiple crop insurance: Provided, That, beginning with crops planted for harvest in 1950, and continuing through the crops planted for harvest in 1951, 1952, and 1953, the number of counties for insurance on wheat, cotton, corn, flax, and tobacco, and for multiple crop insurance may be increased each year by not in excess of 50 per centum of the number of counties specified above and the county limitations specified for other insurance may be similarly increased as to any agricultural commodity after insurance for such commodity has been provided for three years. Reinsurance for private insurance com- panies shall be limited to not to exceed twenty counties which may be selected without regard to the other county limitations specified herein. Any insurance offered against loss in yield shall not cover in excess of 75 per centum of the recorded or appraised average yield of the commodity on the insured farm for a representative period subject to such adjustments as the Board may prescribe to the end that the average yields fixed for farms in the same area, which are subject to the same conditions, may be fair and just: Provided, That if 75 per centum of the average yield represents generally more pro- tection than the investment in the crop in any area, taking into consid- eration recognized farming practices, the Board shall reduce such maximum percentage so as more nearly to reflect the investment in the crop in such area. Insurance provided under this subsection shall not cover losses due to the neglect or malfeasance of the producer, or to the failure of the producer to reseed to the same crop in areas and under circumstances where it is customary to so reseed, or to the failure of the producer to follow established good farming practices. Counties selected by the Board shall be representative of the several areas where the agricultural commodity insured is normally produced. The Board may limit or refuse insurance in any county or area, or on any farm, on the basis of the insurance risk involved. Insurance shall not be provided in any county unless written applications therefor are filed covering at least two hundred farms or one-third of the farms normally producing the agricultural commodity, excluding farms refused insurance on the basis of the risk involved; nor shall insurance on any agricultural commodity be provided in any county in which the Board determines that the income from such commodity constitutes an unimportant part of the total agricultural income of the county. The Corporation shall report annually to the Congress the results of its operations as to each commodity insured." SEC. 2 . Subsection (b) of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the proviso in the second sentence and the colon which precedes it and substituting a period therefor. 664 [63 STAT.
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