Assessment.

It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the state that sheep and goat producers be permitted by referendum, as provided in this article, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide for the collection of the assessment for the financing of a program for research, education, advertising, and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production, distribution, and marketing, as well as the increased use, consumption, and sale, of sheep and goats and their products.

(Act 2002-523, p. 1364, §4.)