2013 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.
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247.4477 Assessment to be deducted from the purchase price of the
commodity -- Use of funds.
In the event a majority of the producers eligible for participation in the referendum
and voting 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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