KRS 247.6941: Notice of deduction required -- Disposition of collections -- Records.

(1) If a majority of the eligible producers in the referendum who vote in the referendum

vote in favor of the assessment, the Commissioner shall notify, by certified mail, all

persons engaged in the business of purchasing ovine or caprine animals in this state,

that on and after the date specified in the letter, the specified assessment shall be

deducted from the producer's payment by the purchaser, or his agent or

representative, from the net marketed price of the ovine or caprine animals.

(2) The assessment shall, on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the end

of the month in which the ovine or caprine animals are sold to the purchaser, be

remitted by the purchaser to the duly certified association which conducted the

referendum.

(3) The books and records of all the purchasers of ovine or caprine animals shall at all

times during regular business hours be open for inspection by the collection and

compliance officer of the association which conducted the referendum, or the

Commissioner or his duly authorized agents.