2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 247 - PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE 247.680 Annual review of assessment program -- Referendum required, when -- Termination of program.
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247.680 Annual review of assessment program -- Referendum required, when
-- Termination of program.
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The board shall review the assessment program annually. If, at the end of each
year after the first year of the assessment program, the board determines that
fifty percent (50%) of the producers in the referendum area are not participating
in the program, the Commissioner shall then conduct a referendum among the
producers in such area. If, upon such referendum, a majority of the producers
in the area reject the program, it shall be terminated as of the end of the month
in which the referendum for the area was conducted and held; otherwise, such
assessment program shall continue in force and effect.
If the certified association of producers expresses in writing its desire to the
Commissioner to discontinue the assessment program and terminate the
same, 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 such 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 month in which the board action is taken;
and in this event the Commissioner shall notify, by certified mail, all operators
of a livestock market, meat packing establishment or slaughter establishment
of the termination of the program.
If the certified association requests in writing to the Commissioner to hold a
referendum on the question of increasing the assessment within the limits of
KRS 247.610 to 247.685, the Commissioner shall within fifteen (15) days of the
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 with the request, shall, if the request is
approved, conduct a referendum in accordance with the provisions of KRS
247.610 to 247.685.
Effective:July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 50, effective July 15, 1980. -Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 9 sec. 15.
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