Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-309: Referendum to determine continuation of fee

A. Producers may petition for a referendum at any time after

five (5) years following the effective date of the Oklahoma Wheat

Resources Act to determine if the assessment is to be continued.

B. 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 wheat producers. No more than one such

referendum shall be conducted in any one thirty-six-month period.

The State Board of Agriculture 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

President shall mail a notice of the referendum to all known wheat

producers in the State of Oklahoma who market wheat in commercial

quantities. The notice shall specify the dates, times, and places

for holding the referendum. The notice shall also include a sample

ballot with the following wording:

DO YOU FAVOR A CONTINUATION OF THE FEE ASSESSMENT ON WHEAT

MARKETED IN OKLAHOMA FOR UTILIZATION, RESEARCH AND MARKET

DEVELOPMENT?

YES ( ) NO ( )

C. Places within each county for conducting the referendum

shall be designated by the Agricultural Extension Division of

Oklahoma State University. Voting in each county shall be

supervised by the county agricultural extension agent, or a person

designated by the Extension Division in cases where there is no

county agent in a county at the time of the referendum.

D. The Oklahoma Wheat Commission shall ensure sufficient

ballots and supplies necessary for conducting the voting and the

tabulation of returns.

E. Certified results of the referendum in each county shall be

transmitted within twenty-four (24) hours after voting ends to the

President of the State Board of Agriculture. 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.

F. 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.

G. The Commission shall bear expenses of advertising and

conducting the referendum.

H. Whenever the question of levying the assessments is

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

I. Thirty (30) days after termination of the assessment, all

remaining funds of the Commission shall be transferred to the

Experiment Stations of Oklahoma State University, to be used for

continued research on wheat.