KRS 247.4477: Assessment to be deducted from the purchase price of the commodity --

Use of funds.

In the event a majority of the producers eligible for participation in the referendum and

voting therein shall vote in favor of the assessment, then, upon the written request of the

duly certified commission, council, board, association, or other agency of producers of

the agricultural commodity, the Commissioner shall notify forthwith, by certified mail, all

persons engaged in the business of purchasing the agricultur al commodities in this state,

that on and after the date specified in the letter, the specified assessment shall be deducted

from the producer's payment by the purchaser, or his agent or representative, from the

purchase price of the agricultural commodity . The assessment so deducted shall be

remitted by the purchaser to the duly certified commission, council, board, association, or

other agency of the producers entitled to it on or before the final day of the month

following the end of the month in which t he commodity is sold to the purchaser. The

funds, including donations from individuals, concerns, corporations, and grants from the

state or governmental agencies, shall be used for the purpose of promoting and

stimulating, through educational and applied research programs, the increased production

of the agricultural commodity. The books and records of all the purchasers of the

agricultural commodity shall at all times during regular business hours be open for

inspection by the Commissioner of Agriculture or his duly authorized agents.