{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-247.500","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 247.500","heading":"Annual review of program -- Referendum requirement -- Termination.","body":"(1) The board shall review the assessment program annually. If, at the end of each year\nafter the first year of the assessment program, the board determines that the\nproducers in the referendum area representing fifty percent (50%) of the production\nof milk are not participating in the program, the commissioner shall then conduct a\nreferendum among the producers in such area. If, upon such referendum, a majority\nof the producers in such area reject such program, it shall be terminated as at the\nend of the month  in which such referendum for such area was conducted and held;\notherwise such assessment program shall continue in force and effect.\n(2) If the certified commission, council, board, association, or other agency of\nproducers expresses in writing its desir e to the commissioner to discontinue the\nassessment program and terminate the same, the commissioner shall within fifteen\n(15) days following receipt of such request convene the board to review and act on\nsuch request. The board, after reviewing such reque st and conducting whatever\nproceedings are deemed appropriate and necessary in connection with such request,\nmay terminate such program effective at the end of the month in which such board\naction is taken; and in this event the commissioner shall notify, by certified mail,\nthe purchasers of such agricultural commodity of the termination of such program.","path":["KRS Chapter 247"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=11686","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:58Z","sha256":"53d6dd4ac32a3480195c4d392d1f543274e6c57fc4b5ee013819b4059b1f9650","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-247.497","next":"us-ky/krs-247.505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}