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| Title 2. Agriculture |
Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
Title 2. Agriculture
Chapter 1 - Agricultural Code
Article Article 5 - Marketing
Section 5-60.31 - Increasing the Maximum Rate of Assessment Procedures
Cite as: O.S. §, __ __
A. At any biennial election of the
commodity producers board, the board may submit to the voters a proposition to
increase the maximum rate of assessment.
The proposition is approved and the new maximum rate is in effect
if:
The
referendum proposition will be adopted upon a finding
that:
1. Two-thirds or more of those voting in
the election voted in favor of the referendum proposition;
or
2. More than one-half of those voting in
the election voted in favor of the referendum proposition, and those voting in
favor of the proposition produced at least fifty percent (50%) of the volume of
the production of the commodity during the relevant production
period.
B. 1.
If twenty percent (20%) or more of the producers participating in the
program present to the secretary-treasurer a petition calling for a referendum
of the qualified voters on the proposition of discontinuing the assessment, the
board shall conduct a referendum for that purpose. An election on a proposition of
discontinuing the assessment shall be held no more than once per
year.
2. The board shall give notice of the
referendum, the referendum shall be conducted, and the results shall be declared
in the manner provided by law for the original referendum and election, with any
necessary exceptions provided by rule promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma
Agricultural Commodity Referendum Act.
3. The board shall conduct the referendum
within ninety (90) days of the date of filing of the
petition.
4. The proposition shall be approved
if:
a.
two-thirds or more of those voting in the election voted in favor of the
referendum proposition, or
b.
more than one-half of those voting in the election voted in favor of the
referendum proposition, and those voting in favor of the proposition produced at
least fifty percent (50%) of the volume of the production of the commodity
during the relevant production period.
C. If the proposition is approved, the
assessment is abolished.
Historical
Data
Added by Laws 1999, c. 123, § 22, eff. July 1, 1999.
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