(a) The director may terminate, without a public hearing, any marketing order or marketing agreement which has been inoperative for three consecutive marketing seasons after giving notice of intent to terminate such marketing order or marketing agreement pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section.
(b) The notice shall be posted on a public bulletin board which the director shall maintain in his office. Termination shall not become effective until five days after the date of such posting. The director shall also issue at the time of such posting, a public notice to newspapers of general and statewide circulation concerning his intention to terminate such marketing order or marketing agreement.