The hours, voting places, rules and regulations, and the area within which the referendum authorized with respect to the agricultural commodity referred to shall be established and determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The referendum date, area, hours, voting places, and rules and regulations with respect to the holding of the referendum shall be published by the Commissioner through the medium of the public press in the Commonwealth of Kentucky at least thirty (30) days before the holding of the referendum, and direct written notice shall likewise be given to each county or area agent in any county in which the agricultural product is produced. The notice shall contain a statement of the amount of the assessment proposed to be levied, which assessment in any event shall not exceed fifteen hundredths of one percent (0.15%) of the value of the year‘s production of the agricultural commodity grown by the producer included in the group to which the referendum is submitted, and shall likewise state the method by which the assessment shall be collected and how the proceeds thereof shall be administered and the purposes to which the proceeds shall be applied, which purposes shall be in keeping with the provisions of KRS § 247.4451 to KRS § 247.4483.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 11, effective July 13, 1990.