2-8-168
Section 2-8-168 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, to enforce and collect the assessment charges
levied upon the sale of hens under the provisions of this article and to enforce the rules
and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative thereto. The State
Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any time to revoke or cancel any
approval or certification of an association in the event it finds that such association is
not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions of this article
and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification may be revoked,
the certified organization shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard by the State
Board of Agriculture and Industries upon the question of whether its...
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2-8-154
Section 2-8-154 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Action by
board on application. Upon the filing of an application with the State Board of Agriculture
and Industries by any nonprofit association of owners or others in possession of hens, as
authorized under Section 2-8-153, the said board shall within 30 days thereafter meet and
consider such application. If it is shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board
that the applicant is fairly representative of egg producers of this state and the board shall
otherwise find and determine that such application is in conformity with the provisions and
purposes of this article, the board shall certify such association as the duly delegated and
authorized group or organization and shall likewise certify that such organization is duly
authorized to conduct a referendum among egg producers of this state for the purpose set forth
in its application, which shall be consistent with the purposes of this...
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2-32-7
Section 2-32-7 Referendum - Voting; effects of vote. (a) If in any referendum, a majority of
the ratite producers of the geographic area in which the referendum is conducted and eligible
to participate and voting in the referendum, vote in favor of the levying and collection of
the assessment proposed in the referendum, then the assessment shall be levied and collected
in the manner provided in this chapter. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter,
the certified association shall canvass, tabulate, and publicly declare and announce the results
of the referendum. (b) In the event any referendum shall fail to receive the required number
of affirmative votes, then the certified association conducting the referendum may call another
referendum in the next succeeding year on the question of an assessment and promotional program
for a five-year period; provided, that no referendum may be held within a period of 12 months
from the date on which the last referendum was held. (c)...
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2-32-8
Section 2-32-8 Referendum - Levying an assessment. In the event a referendum levying an assessment
is passed, the commissioner shall within 30 days notify in writing feed distributors that
on or after the date designated in the notice, which shall be not less than 30 nor more than
60 days after the mailing of the notice by the commissioner, the amount of the assessment
shall be deducted from all feed sales. On or before the tenth day of each calendar month,
all assessments so deducted by feed distributors shall be remitted to the commissioner, less
three percent of the total assessment deducted, which may be retained by the feed distributor
to compensate him or her for the expense of collecting and remitting the assessments. The
books and records of all feed distributors shall at all times during regular business hours
be open for inspection by the commissioner or his or her duly authorized representatives or
agents for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of the amounts remitted...
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2-8-316
Section 2-8-316 Referendum - Voting. (a) If, in any referendum, a majority of the sheep and
goat producers of the geographic area in which the referendum is conducted and eligible to
participate and voting in the referendum, vote in favor of the levying and collection of the
assessment proposed in the referendum, then the assessment shall be levied and collected in
the manner provided in this article. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter,
the certified association shall canvass, tabulate, and publicly declare and announce the results
of the referendum. (b) In the event a referendum fails to receive the required number of affirmative
votes, then the certified association conducting the referendum may call another referendum
in the next succeeding year on the question of an assessment and promotional program for a
five-year period except that no referendum may be held within 12 months from the date on which
the last referendum was held. (c) In the event a referendum is...
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2-8-356
Section 2-8-356 Referendum - Voting. (a) If, in any referendum, a majority of the commercial
shrimp boat owners and commercial fishermen licensed and authorized to do business in the
state in the geographic area in which the referendum is conducted, and eligible to participate
and voting in the referendum, vote in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment
proposed in the referendum, then the assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner
provided in this article. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter, the certified
association shall canvass, tabulate, and publicly declare and announce the results of the
referendum. (b) In the event a referendum fails to receive the required number of affirmative
votes, then the certified association conducting the referendum may call another referendum
in the next succeeding year on the question of an assessment and promotional program for shrimpers
and seafood fishermen, either singularly or jointly, for a...
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2-32-14
Section 2-32-14 Certified association receiving and disbursing funds. A certified association
receiving and disbursing funds shall, within 60 days following the end of each calendar year,
or within a period of 60 days following the close of its fiscal year, cause an audit of its
books and accounts to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts,
disbursements, expenditures, and other pertinent information, and a copy of the auditor's
report shall be forwarded to the board for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners
of Public Accounts shall audit, review, and investigate the receipts and disbursements of
funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies
and departments of the state. Any examination or audit required by this section shall be open
to public inspection. Within 90 days following the close of a certified association's fiscal
year, if it has received any funds from assessments levied and collected...
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2-8-10
Section 2-8-10 Majority vote required for approval of assessment; canvass of referendum results.
If in any referendum held under the provisions of this article a majority of the cattle owners
of the area in which the referendum is conducted, eligible to participate and voting therein,
shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment
proposed in such referendum, then such assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner
provided in this article. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter, the certified
association shall canvass, tabulate and publicly declare and announce the results thereof.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 280, p. 2320, §10; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-51, p. 74.)...

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2-8-136
Section 2-8-136 Refund of assessment. In the event a referendum conducted as provided in this
article is carried in the affirmative and the assessment is levied and collected as provided
in this article and under the regulations to be promulgated by the duly certified organization
conducting the same, any farmer or producer upon and against whom such annual assessment shall
have been levied and collected under the provisions of this article, if dissatisfied with
said assessment and the results thereof, shall have the right to demand of and receive from
the treasurer of said organization a refund of such annual assessment so collected from such
farmer or producer, if such demand for refund is made in writing within 30 days from the date
on which said assessment is collected from such farmer or producer. (Acts 1957, No. 108, p.
142, §17.)...
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2-8-317
Section 2-8-317 Referendum - Levy of assessment. In the event a referendum levying an assessment
is passed, the commissioner, within 30 days, shall notify in writing stockyards and small
ruminant selling points that on or after the date designated in the notice, which may not
be less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the mailing of the notice by the commissioner,
the amount of the assessment shall be fifty cents ($.50) per sheep or goat and shall be deducted
from all sales. On or before the tenth day of each calendar month, all assessments so deducted
by sellers shall be remitted to the commissioner, less two percent of the total assessment
deducted, which may be retained by the livestock broker to compensate him or her for the expense
of collecting and remitting the assessments. The books and records of all stockyards shall
at all times during regular business hours be open for inspection by the commissioner or his
or her duly authorized representatives or agents for the purpose of...
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