KRS 247.6954: Annual review of program -- Termination.

(1) The board shall review the assessment program annually. If, at the end of each

marketing year after the first marketing year of the assessment program, the board

determines that twenty percent (20%) of the producers assessed have indicated their

dissatisfaction with the program by demanding a refund of the assessment collected

from them, the Commissioner shall conduct a referendum among the producers. If,

upon the referendum, a majority of the eligible producers who vote in the

referendum reject the program , it 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 ovine and caprine animal producers expresses in

writing its desire t o 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. The 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 this event, the Commissioner shall not ify, by certified mail, the

purchasers of ovine and caprine animals affected by the termination of the program.