(1) With respect to any referendum conducted under KRS § 247.6040 to KRS § 247.6070, the Commissioner shall publicly announce through the medium of the public press at least thirty (30) days before the date determined for the referendum, the following information:
(a) The rules and regulations with respect to the holding of the referendum; (b) The area within which the referendum will be conducted;
(c) The date, hours, and polling places for voting in the referendum; (d) The effective date of the assessment, if adopted;
(e) The basis of the assessment proposed to be collected;
(f) The means by which the assessment shall be collected if authorized by the growers;
(g) The general purposes to which any amount shall be applied; and
(h) How the proceeds from the assessment shall be administered.
(2) Direct written notice shall also be given to each county or area agricultural extension agent in any county covered by the referendum.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Created 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 14, effective June 26, 2007.