(a) The secretary may terminate, without a public hearing, any marketing order or marketing agreement that has been inoperative for three consecutive marketing seasons after giving notice of intent to terminate the marketing order or marketing agreement pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section.
(b) The notice shall be posted on the department’s Internet Web site. Termination shall not become effective until five days after the date of the posting. The secretary shall also issue, at the time of the posting, a public notice to newspapers of general and statewide circulation concerning the secretary’s intention to terminate the marketing order or marketing agreement.