Tennessee Code 43-29-108 – Conducting referendum – Eligibility – Voting
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-29-108
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Agriculture: means :
(i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105 - Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
- Commodity: means beef, corn, pork, and eggs, produced on a commercial basis. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
- Corn: means all kinds of varieties of corn except popcorn, sweet corn, and ornamental corns. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
- Department: means the department of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
- Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative or other business. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
- Producer: means any person who produces a commodity and thereafter causes the commodity to be marketed. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
- Referendum: means any voting procedure under which affected producers may, by secret ballot, vote for or against an assessment authorized by this chapter. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
- Vote: means to cast a ballot on a referendum. See Tennessee Code 43-29-103
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Shall the producers of ____________________ assess themselves at the rate of ____________________ cents per ____________________ of ____________________ sold, and use the funds so collected by the department of agriculture, or the department’s contractor or designee, and paid over to the Tennessee ____________________ promotion board to finance a program of research, education, market development, marketing, advertising, and other methods designed to promote the increased production, consumption, use, and sale of ____________________ products?
Shall the producers of corn assess themselves at the rate of one cent ($0.01) per bushel of corn sold, and use the funds so collected by the department of agriculture, or the department’s contractor or designee, and paid over to the Tennessee corn promotion board to finance a program of research, education, market development, marketing, advertising, and other methods designed to promote the increased production, consumption, use, and sale of corn products?