KRS 247.5093: Procedures to terminate assessment.

(1) The question of the levy of the assessment on small grains may be referred to a vote

of the small grains producers of the state by filing petitions with the certified

association containing signatures of Kentucky small grains producers equal in

number to ten percent (10%) of all small grains producers in the state as recorded in

the latest United States Census of Agriculture. If after the petitions are filed and at

the referendum election a majority of Kentucky small grains producers voting on

the question vote against the levy on small grains, the assessment shall be

terminated at the end of the marketing year in which the referendum was conducted;

otherwise, the assessment program shall continue.

(2) If the duly certified association of small grains produc ers expresses in writing its

desire to the Commissioner to discontinue the assessment program and terminate

the program, the Commissioner shall within fifteen (15) days following receipt of

the request convene the board to review and act on the request. Th e board, after

reviewing the request and conducting whatever proceedings are deemed appropriate

and necessary in connection with the request, may terminate the program effective

at the end of the marketing year in which the board action is taken; and, in t his

event, the Commissioner shall notify, by certified mail, the purchasers of small

grains affected thereby of the termination of the program.