KRS 247.625: Referendum levying assessment.

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

agricultural economy of the state that producers of bovine animals shall be permitted by

referendum to be held among the respective groups and subject to the provisio ns of KRS

247.610 to 247.685 to levy upon themselves an assessment on bovine animals and

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

towards the financing of a program of research, market development, and educa tion to

increase the domestic and foreign consumption, use, sale, and markets for bovine animal

products.