The secretary shall suspend or terminate any marketing program effective at the end of the then current marketing season whenever he finds, after a public hearing:

(a) The program is contrary to or does not tend to effectuate the purposes of this act.

(b) The termination or suspension is requested in writing by at least 51% of the affected producers, who produce at least 51% of the volume of the agricultural commodity, or by an association representing such numbers and volume.

L.1971, c. 308, s. 15, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.