KRS 247.6911: Referendum among producers of ovine or caprine animals on levying

assessment in public interest.

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

economy of the state that producers of ovine or caprine animals s hall be permitted by

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

247.6901 to 247.6957 to levy upon themselves an assessment on ovine or caprine animals

and provide for the collection of the assessment for the purp ose of financing or

contributing toward the financing of a program of research, market development, and

education to increase the domestic and foreign consumption, use, sale, and markets for

ovine or caprine animals; and for the prevention, modification, o r elimination of trade

barriers which obstruct the free flow of ovine or caprine animals to market.