(1) Any existing commission, council, board, association or other agency such as the American Dairy Association of Kentucky, fairly representative of the producers of such agricultural commodity herein referred to may at any time after the enactment of KRS § 247.450 to KRS § 247.505 make application to the State Board of Agriculture on forms prescribed by such board for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among the producers of such agricultural commodity, for commercial purposes, upon the question of levying an assessment under the provisions of KRS § 247.450 to KRS § 247.505, collecting and utilizing the same for the purpose stated in such referendum. Such application forms shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Applicant’s name; (b) Applicant’s address; (c) Date;
(d) Program to be undertaken for producers;
(e) Brief statement of how program is to be implemented;
(f) Referendum to be conducted on a statewide or area basis; (g) Proposed effective date of program;
(h) Geographic area (by counties) of producers to be affected by program; (i) Signature of applicant.
(2) Upon receipt of such application, the commissioner shall publish such application through the medium of the public press in the state within ten (10) days of receipt thereof.
History: Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 5.