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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 247 PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
247.4477 Assessment to be deducted from the purchase price of the commodity -- Use of funds.
Download pdfvoting therein shall vote in favor of the assessment, then, upon the written request of the
duly certified commission, council, board, association, or other agency of producers of
the agricultural commodity, the Commissioner shall notify forthwith, by certified mail, all
persons engaged in the business of purchasing the agricultural commodities in this state,
that on and after the date specified in the letter, the specified assessment shall be deducted
from the producer's payment by the purchaser, or his agent or representative, from the
purchase price of the agricultural commodity. The assessment so deducted shall be
remitted by the purchaser to the duly certified commission, council, board, association, or
other agency of the producers entitled to it on or before the final day of the month
following the end of the month in which the commodity is sold to the purchaser. The
funds, including donations from individuals, concerns, corporations, and grants from the
state or governmental agencies, shall be used for the purpose of promoting and
stimulating, through educational and applied research programs, the increased production
of the agricultural commodity. The books and records of all the purchasers of the
agricultural commodity shall at all times during regular business hours be open for
inspection by the Commissioner of Agriculture or his duly authorized agents. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1990.
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