Michigan Laws 290.671 – Referendum; requirements; exception; time period
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), all marketing programs established under this act shall be resubmitted to a referendum of the producers during each fifth year of operation.
(2) A producer referendum under subsection (1) is not required for a marketing program if all the following circumstances exist:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 290.671
- Agricultural commodity: means all agricultural, aquacultural, silvicultural, horticultural, floricultural, or viticultural products, livestock or livestock products, Christmas trees, bees, maple syrup, honey, commercial fish or fish products, and seeds produced in this state, either in their natural state or as processed by the producer of the commodity. See Michigan Laws 290.652
- Agricultural commodity input: means an item used in the production, processing, or packaging of an agricultural commodity that is assessed by a specific marketing agreement. See Michigan Laws 290.652
- Marketing program: means a program established by order of the director under this act prescribing rules and regulations governing the marketing for processing, distributing, selling, or handling an agricultural commodity produced in this state or agricultural commodity input during a specified period and that the director determines would be in the public interest. See Michigan Laws 290.652
- Producer: means a person engaged in the business of producing, or causing to be produced for any market, an agricultural commodity or agricultural commodity input in quantity beyond that person's own family use, and having a value at first point of sale of more than $800. See Michigan Laws 290.652
(a) The agricultural commodity or agricultural commodity input subject to the marketing program is involved in a commodity checkoff program established pursuant to federal law.
(b) The federal commodity checkoff program involving the agricultural commodity provides for a mechanism for a producer referendum.
(c) The marketing program involving the agricultural commodity or agricultural commodity input is entirely financed by that federal commodity checkoff program.
(3) If the federal commodity checkoff is suspended or terminated, a marketing program established under this act shall conduct a referendum of the producers within 18 months after the suspension or termination.