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 PUBLIC LAW 97-218—JULY 20, 1982 such county committee determines that such lessee knowingly made a false statement in such written statement, then such lessee shall be ineligible for price support for such crop under the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the poundage of tobacco produced under such allotment or quota or, if such determination is made after such lessee received such price support, the Secretary, taking into consideration the recommendation of such county committee and the amount of such poundage, shall reduce appropriately the poundage for which such lessee may receive price support with respect to the crop first marketed after such determination is made. If, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, such county committee determines that such lessor knowingly made a false statement in such written statement, then the Flue-cured allotment or quota next established for the farm of such lessor shall be reduced by that percentage which the leased allotment or quota was of the respective Flue-cured marketing quota. Notice of any determination made by a county committee under the preceding provisions shall be mailed, as soon as practicable, to the lessee or the lessor involved. If such lessee or such lessor is dissatisfied with such determination, then such lessee or such lessor may request, within fifteen days after notice of such determination is so mailed, a review of such determination by a local review committee under section 363 of this Act."; and (3) in the third sentence (as in effect before the amendment made by paragraph (2)) by— (A) inserting "by lease or sale" after "transferred"; and (B) striking out "lease and". (c) Section 316(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314b(e)) is amended by— (1) inserting "(1)" after "(e)"; (2) inserting "or sale" after "lease"; (3) inserting "or, in the case of Flue-cured tobacco, of the acreage of tillable cropland (as defined in paragraph (2)) in the farm" before the colon; and (4) adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) For purposes of this section, the term 'tillable cropland' means cleared land that can be planted to crops without unusual cultivation or other preparation.". (d) Section 316 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314b) is amended by striking out subsections (g), (h), and (i) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsections: "(g)(1) The Secretary shall permit the owner of any farm to which a Flue-cured tobacco allotment or quota is assigned to sell, for use on another farm in the same county, all or any part of such allotment or quota to any person who is or intends to become an active Fluecured tobacco producer. For purposes of this section, the term 'active Flue-cured tobacco producer' means any person who shared in the risk of producing a crop of Flue-cured tobacco in not less than one of the three years preceding the year involved, or any person who certifies to the Secretary, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe, his or her intent to become a Fluecured tobacco producer. "(2) For purposes of this section, a person shall be considered to have shared in the risk of producing a crop of Flue-cured tobacco if—

96 STAT. 203

7 USC 1421 note.

Review.

7 USC 1363.

"Tillable cropland."

Allotment or quota, sale.

"Active Fluecured tobacco producer."

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