KRS 247.770: Notification to warehousemen, manufacturers and dealers of assessment --

Remittance of assessment.

(1) In the event a majority of the eligible producers in the referendum who vote therein

shall vote in favor of the assessment, then the Commissioner sh all notify forthwith,

by certified mail, every person licensed to operate a tobacco warehouse in the state,

as well as every person who operates a tobacco manufacturing establishment and

every tobacco dealer who buys burley tobacco directly from the produc er, that on

and after the date designated in the notice, which shall be not less than thirty (30)

days nor more than sixty (60) days after the mailing of the notice by the

Commissioner, the amount of the assessment shall be deducted by all sales markets

or purchasers of burley tobacco or by their agents or representatives, from the

purchase price paid the seller of burley tobacco.

(2) On or before the fifteenth day of each month all assessments deducted shall be

remitted to the association certified by the assessment referendum.

(3) The books and records of all tobacco warehouses, tobacco manufacturers and

tobacco dealer operators shall at reasonable times be open for inspection by the

Commissioner or his duly authorized agents for the purpose of ascertainin g the

accuracy of the amounts remitted.