KRS 247.5067: Referendum levying assessment.

It is declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the agricultural

economy of the state that producers of small grains shall be permitted by referendum to

be held among the respective groups and subject to the provisions of KRS 247.506 1 to

247.5095 to levy upon themselves an assessment on small grains and provide for the

collection of the assessment for the purpose of financing or contributing toward the

financing of a program of research, market development, and education to increase t he

domestic and foreign consumption, use, sale, and markets for small grains and small

grains products; and for the prevention, modification, or elimination of trade barriers

which obstruct the free flow of small grains and small grains products to market.