KRS 247.473: Referendum on area or statewide basis -- Who may participate.

Any referendum conducted under the provisions of KRS 247.450 to 247.505 may be held

either on an area or statewide basis, as may be determined by the certified agency before

such referendum is called; and such referendum, on an area or statewide basis may be

participated in by all producers engaged in the production of such agricultural commodity

on a commercial basis, including owners of farms on which such commodity is produced,

tenants and sharecroppers sharing in the proceeds of such commodity. In such

referendum, such individuals so eligible for participation shall vote upon the question of

whether or not there shall be levied an annual assessment in the amount set forth in the

call for such referendum.