KRS 247.5079: Commissioner to prescribe rules of holding referendum -- Notice -- Limit

of assessment.

The hours, voting places, rules, and regulations for the referendum shall be established

and determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture and shall be published by the

Commissioner through the medium of the public press in the Commonwealth of

Kentucky at least thirty (30) days before the holding of the referendum, and direct written

notice thereof shall likewise be given to each county or area agent in any county covered

by the referendum. The notice shall likewise contain a statement of the amount of the

assessment proposed to be levied, which assessment in any event shall not exceed one

fourth of one percent (0.25%) of the net marketed price per bushel, and shall likewise

state the method by which the assessment shall be collected and how the proceeds shall

be administered and the purposes to which the proceeds shall be applied, which purposes

shall be in keeping with the provisions of KRS 247.5061 to 247.5095.