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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3879 relevant to the inquiry. Such attendance of witnesses and the production of any such records may be required from any place in the United States. (c) AID OF COURTS.—In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena to, any person, the Secretary may invoke the aid of any court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such investigation or proceeding is carried on, or where such person resides or carries on business, in order to enforce a subpoena issued by the Secretary under subsection (b). The court may issue an order requiring such person to comply with such a subpoena. (d) CONTEMPT.— Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. (e) PROCESS.— Process in any such CEise may be served in the judicial district of which such person resides or conducts business or wherever such person may be found. (f) HEARING SITE. —The site of any hearings held under section 1957 or 1958 shall be within the judicial district where such person is an inhabitant or has a principal place of business. SEC. 1960. INITIAL REFERENDUM. 7 USC 6209. (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Secretary first issues an order under section 1954(a), the Secretary shall conduct a referendum among producers, producer-handlers, and importers who— (1) are not exempt from assessment under section 1955(d)(5); and (2) produced or imported limes during a representative period as determined by the Secretary. (b) PURPOSE OF REFERENDUM.— The referendum referred to in subsection (a) is for the purpose of determining whether the issuance of the order is approved or favored by not less than a majority of the producers, producer-handlers, and importers voting in the referendum. The order shall continue in effect only with such a majority. (c) CoNFiDENTiAUTY.— The ballots and other information or reports that reveal, or tend to reveal, the vote of any person under this section, or section 1961, shall be held strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed. (d) REFUND OF ASSESSMENTS FROM ESCROW ACCOUNT. — (1) IN GENERAL. —A portion of the assessments collected from producers, producer-handlers, and importers prior to announcement of the results of the referendum provided for in this section shall be held in an escrow account until the results of the referendum are published by the Secretary. The amount in the escrow account shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying the total amount of assessments collected during such period by 10 percent. (2) APPROVAL OF ORDER.— I f the order is approved by a majority of the producers, producer-handlers, and importers voting in the initial referendum under subsection (a), the funds in the escrow account shall be released to be used for the purposes of this subtitle. (3) DISAPPROVAL OF ORDER.— (A) PRORATION.— If — (i) the amount in the escrow account required by paragraph (1) is not sufficient to refund the total amount of assessments demanded by producers, producer-handlers, or importers; and

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