2005 Idaho Code - 25-160 — REFERENDUM FOR WOOL GROWERS

                                  TITLE  25
                                   ANIMALS
                                  CHAPTER 1
                          CONTROL OF SHEEP DISEASES
    25-160.  REFERENDUM FOR WOOL GROWERS. Prior to the provisions of this act
becoming effective, a referendum shall be held to determine if producers favor
the provisions of this act. The question shall be submitted by secret ballot
upon which the words "Do you favor a promotion, research, and education
program for the Idaho sheep industry that is funded by all producers with no
refund provision?" are printed with a square before each of the words "YES"
and "NO" with directions to insert an "X" mark in the square before the
proposition which the voter favors. If a majority of the producers voting in
the referendum or a majority of the production represented by the producers
voting in the referendum vote in favor of the question submitted, the
provisions of this act shall become effective.
    (1)  The procedures necessary to initiate a referendum in subsequent
years, but not less than five (5) years from the passage of the initial
referendum, are as follows:
    (a)  A referendum shall be held if the Idaho department of agriculture
    receives a petition requesting such referendum signed by ten percent (10%)
    or more of sheep producers who have paid an assessment to the Idaho sheep
    commission in either of the two (2) immediate past calendar years; or
    (b)  A referendum shall be held if the Idaho department of agriculture
    receives a written request for such referendum from the Idaho sheep
    commission.
    (2)  (a) Any referendum shall be conducted only among sheep producers who
    paid an assessment to the Idaho sheep commission during one (1) of the two
    (2) years prior to the referendum.
    (b)  Any referendum must be supervised by the Idaho department of
    agriculture.
    (c)  Any referendum shall be held, and the result determined and declared
    by the director of the department of agriculture, and recorded in the
    office of the secretary of state.
    (d)  Notice of any referendum must be given by the commission in a manner
    determined by it. The ballots must be prepared by the commission and
    forwarded to eligible producers, who shall return them within twenty (20)
    days after mailing by the commission.
    (e)  The commission shall pay the costs of any referendum.