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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 247 PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
247.6954 Annual review of program -- Termination.
Download pdfdetermines that twenty percent (20%) of the producers assessed have indicated their
dissatisfaction with the program by demanding a refund of the assessment collected
from them, the Commissioner shall conduct a referendum among the producers. If,
upon the referendum, a majority of the eligible producers who vote in the
referendum reject the program, it shall be terminated at the end of the marketing
year in which the referendum was conducted; otherwise, the assessment program
shall continue. (2) If the duly certified association of ovine and caprine animal producers expresses in writing its desire to the Commissioner to discontinue the assessment program and
terminate the program, the Commissioner shall within fifteen (15) days following
receipt of the request convene the board to review and act on the request. The board,
after reviewing the request and conducting whatever proceedings are deemed
appropriate and necessary in connection with the request, may terminate the
program effective at the end of the marketing year in which the board action is
taken; and, in this event, the Commissioner shall notify, by certified mail, the
purchasers of ovine and caprine animals affected by the termination of the program. Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 17, effective July 15, 2008. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 347, sec. 17, effective July 14, 1992.
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