2005 Idaho Code - 25-3122 — REFERENDUM REGARDING CONTINUANCE OF COMMISSION

                                  TITLE  25
                                   ANIMALS
                                  CHAPTER 31
                         DAIRY PRODUCTS -- MARKETING
    25-3122.  REFERENDUM REGARDING CONTINUANCE OF COMMISSION. After five (5)
years from the date the commission was created, a referendum may be held at
the petition of the producers or at the request of the commission. The
question shall be submitted by secret ballots upon which the words "For
continuance of the Idaho Dairy Products Commission" and "Against continuance
of the Idaho Dairy Products Commission" are printed, with a square before each
proposition and a direction to insert an "X" mark in the square before the
proposition which the voter favors. In the event a referendum is held as
provided in this section, no further referendum on the question of
discontinuance of such commission shall be held within five (5) years from the
date the result of the previous referendum was declared.
    The referendum must be held and supervised by the department of
agriculture upon its receiving either of the following:
    (1)  A petition signed by twenty percent (20%) of the producers or two
thousand (2000) producers, whichever is less.
    (2)  At written request from the commission.
    (3)  The commission shall pay the costs of any such referendum.
    The referendum shall be held, notice thereof given, expenses thereof paid
and the result determined, declared and recorded in the office of the
secretary of state. No hearings or district meetings shall be made prior to
the referendum upon the question of determining whether such referendum should
be held.
    Notice of such referendum must be given by the commission in a manner
determined by them. The ballots must also be prepared by the commission and
forwarded to the producer members who shall return them within twenty (20)
days after mailing by the commission.