Authority of certified association to conduct referendum on assessment.

Upon being so certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, such organization shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats producers a referendum wherein they shall be entitled to vote on the question of whether or not they shall levy upon themselves an assessment under and subject to and for the purpose stated in this article. The referendum shall be conducted on a statewide basis.

(Acts 1985, No. 85-701, p. 1142, §6.)