PUBLIC LAW 105-185—JUNE 23, 1998 112 STAT. 595
- (i) IN GENERAL. —^A producer, producer-packer,
handler, or importer that produces, imports, or handles during a year less than 6,000 pounds of honey or honey products shall be exempt in that year from payment of an assessment on honey or honey products that the person distributes directly through local retail outlets, as determined by the Secretary, during that year. "(ii) INAPPLICABILITY. — If a person no longer meets the requirements of clause (i) for an exemption, the person shall— "(I) file a report with the Honey Board in Reports. the form and manner prescribed by the Honey Board; and
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"(II) pay an assessment on or before March 15 of the subsequent year on all honey or honey products produced, imported, or handled by the ^ person during the year in which the person no longer meets the requirements of clause (i) for an exemption."; and (D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— (i) by inserting "handler," after "producer-packer" each place it appears; (ii) by striking "paragraph (2)" and inserting "paragraph (4)"; and (iii) by inserting ", handler," after "producer" the last place it appears. (4) USE OF FUNDS. —Section 7(f) of the Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C. 4606(f)) is amended— (A) by striking "(f) Funds collected by the Honey Board from the assessments" and inserting the following: " (f) FUNDS. — "(1) USE.—Funds collected by the Honey Board"; (B) by striking "The Secretary shall" and inserting the following: "(3) REIMBURSEMENT. —The Secretary shall"; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by subparagraph (A)) the following: " (2) RESEARCH PROJECTS. — "(A) IN GENERAL. — If approved in a referendum conducted under this Act, the Honey Board shall reserve at least 8 percent of all assessments collected during a year for expenditure on approved research projects designed to advance the cost effectiveness, competitiveness, efficiency, pest and disease control, and other management aspects of beekeeping, honey production, and honey bees. "(B) CARRYOVER.— If all funds reserved under subparagraph (A) are not £dlocated to approved reseairch projects in a year, any reserved funds remaining unallocated shall be carried forward for allocation and expenditure under subparagraph (A) in subsequent years.". (5) FALSE OR UNWARRANTED CLAIMS OR STATEMENTS. —Section 7(g) of the Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C. 4606(g)) is amended by striking Vith assessments collected" and inserting "by the Honey Board".
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