Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-281: Referendum to continue assessment

A. Oilseed producers may petition for a referendum to determine

if the assessment is to be continued at any time. The President of

the State Board of Agriculture shall call and conduct a referendum

if the petitions bear signatures of ten percent (10%) of the oilseed

producers. No more than one referendum shall be conducted in any

one thirty-six-month period. The Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall determine if the petition

bears the required number of valid signatures. The President shall

announce the referendum at least thirty (30) days prior to the day

of voting. At least thirty (30) days before the referendum, the

Department shall mail a notice of the referendum to all known

oilseed producers in the State of Oklahoma who market oilseed in

commercial quantities. The notice shall specify the dates, times,

and places for holding the referendum, and shall include a sample

ballot with the following wording:

DO YOU FAVOR A CONTINUATION OF THE THREE CENTS ($0.03) PER

HUNDREDWEIGHT (CWT) ASSESSMENT ON OILSEED MARKETED IN OKLAHOMA

FOR UTILIZATION, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, PROMOTION, AND MARKET

DEVELOPMENT?

YES ( ) NO ( )

B. Places within each county for conducting the referendum

shall be designated by the Agricultural Extension Division of

Oklahoma State University, and voting in each county shall be

supervised by the county agricultural extension agent, or person

designated by the Department. The Oklahoma Oilseed Commission shall

ensure sufficient ballots and supplies necessary for the conduct of

the voting and tabulation of returns. Certified results of the

referendum in each district shall be transmitted within twenty-four

(24) hours after voting ends to the President, and the ballots shall

be transmitted to the President within forty-eight (48) hours.

Ballots shall be preserved by the President for a period of at least

three (3) months.

C. 1. The results of the referendum shall be determined by the

President, and the results certified to the Governor who shall issue

a proclamation declaring the results.

2. The Commission shall bear expenses of advertising and

conducting the referendum.

D. Whenever the question of levying the assessments is

disapproved, by failure of sixty percent (60%) of the oilseed

producers voting in the referendum to favor continuation of the

assessments, the proclamation declaring the result shall provide for

the termination of the assessments on April 30, following the date

of the referendum.