Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/1179

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PUBLIC LAW 98-180—NOV. 29, 1983 97 STAT. 1147 reduced by the percentage which the leased allotment or quota was of the total Flue-cured tobacco allotment or quota for the farm. Notice of any determination made by the county commit- tee under the preceding provision shall be mailed as soon as practicable to the lessee or lessor involved. If the lessee or lessor Review, is dissatisfied with such determination, the lessee or lessor may request, within fifteen days after notice of such determination is mailed, a review of such determination by a local review com- mittee under section 363 of this Act.". 7 USC 1363. (b) Effective for the 1984 and subsequent crops of tobacco, section 317 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314c) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsec- tion: "(k)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who, on or after January 1, 1986, owns a farm for which a Flue- cured tobacco acreage allotment or marketing quota is established under this Act shall, subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, forfeit such gdlotment or quota after February 15 of any year immediately following the last year of the three-year period immedi- ately preceding the year for which the determination is being made in which Flue-cured tobacco has not been planted or considered planted on such farm during at least two years out of such three- year period. "(2) The allotment or quota specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be forfeited if, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the appropriate county committee determines that the conditions for forfeiture specified in such paragraph exist. Any allotment or quota so forfeited shall be reallocated by such county committee for usc by active Flue-cured tobacco producers (as defined in section 316(g)(l) of this Act) in the county involved. 7 USC I3i4b. "(3) Notice of any determination made by the county committee under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be mailed, as soon as practicable, to the person involved. If such person is dissatisfied with Review, such determination, such person may request, within fifteen days after notice of such determination is mailed, a review of such determination by a local review committee under section 363 of this Act.". 7 USC 1363. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS SEC. 206. (a) Effective for the 1984 and subsequent crops of tobacco, section 316(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314b(c)) is amended by striking out the second through the sixth sentences. (b) Effective for the 1987 and subsequent crops of tobacco, section 316 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314b), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by— (1) in subsection (a), striking out paragraph (2); (2) in subsection (e)(1), striking out "or, in the case of Flue- cured tobacco," and inserting in lieu thereof "or, in the case of the sale of a Flue-cured tobacco acreage allotment or poundage quota,"; and (3) in subsection (g)(2), striking out the second sentence.