KRS 247.6017: Matters to be determined by the Commissioner before referendum.

With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions of KRS 247.6001 to

247.6035, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall, before calling and announcing the

referendum, fix, determine, and publicly announce at least thirty (30) days before the date

determined for the referendum, the date, hours, and polling places for voting in the

referendum, the effective date of the assessment, if adopted, the amount and basis of the

assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which the assessment shall be

collected if authorized by the producers, and the general purposes to which the amount

collected shall be applied. No annual assessment levied under the provisions of any

referendum shall exceed one fourth of one percent (0.25%) of the net marketed price pe r

bushel on the corn marketed in the state during a marketing year by any producer

included in the group to which the referendum was submitted or by any person

subsequently becoming a new producer.