# Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Increased Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2013-04-25 · Effective 2013-04-26 · 78 FR 24329
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-09734
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 24329
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 906
- **Publication date:** 2013-04-25
- **Effective date:** 2013-04-26
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-12-0038
## Abstract

This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee) for the 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.14 to $0.16 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent of oranges and grapefruit handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order that regulates the handling of oranges and grapefruit grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas (order). Assessments upon orange and grapefruit handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins August 1 and ends July 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/04/25/2013-09734/oranges-and-grapefruit-grown-in-lower-rio-grande-valley-in-texas-increased-assessment-rate)
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