{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-983.73","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 983.73","heading":"Delinquent assessments.","body":"Any handler who fails to pay any assessment within the time required by the committee, shall pay to the committee a late payment charge of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment determined to be past due and, in addition, interest on the unpaid balance at the rate of one and one-half percent per month. The late payment and interest charges may be modified by the Secretary upon recommendation of the committee.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 983—PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO","Subpart A—Order Regulating Handling"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"f51feeae253579441c2433dbea0c9ab49005b12a4dcdb8d52e47f135c8cdf264","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-983.72","next":"us/7-cfr-983.74"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}