{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-18-251","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-251","heading":"Referendum on assessments","body":"A. Sorghum producers may petition for a referendum to determine\n\nif the assessment is to be continued, at any time. The President of\n\nthe State Board of Agriculture shall call and conduct a referendum\n\nif the petitions bear signatures of ten percent (10%) of the sorghum\n\nproducers. No more than one referendum shall be conducted in any\n\none thirty-six-month period. The Oklahoma Department of\n\nAgriculture, Food, and Forestry shall determine if the petition\n\nbears the required number of valid signatures. The President shall\n\nannounce the referendum at least thirty (30) days prior to the day\n\nof voting. At least thirty (30) days before the referendum, the\n\nDepartment shall mail a notice of the referendum to all known\n\nsorghum producers in the State of Oklahoma who market sorghum in\n\ncommercial quantities. The notice shall specify the dates, times,\n\nand places for holding the referendum, and shall include a sample\n\nballot with the following wording:\n\nDO YOU FAVOR A CONTINUATION OF THE ONE CENT ($0.01) PER BUSHEL\n\nASSESSMENT ON SORGHUM MARKETED IN OKLAHOMA FOR UTILIZATION,\n\nRESEARCH, EDUCATION, PROMOTION, AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT?\n\nYES ( ) NO ( )\n\nB. Places within each county for conducting the referendum\n\nshall be designated by the Agricultural Extension Division of\n\nOklahoma State University, and voting in each county shall be\n\nsupervised by the county agricultural extension agent, or person\n\ndesignated by the Department. The Oklahoma Sorghum Commission shall\n\nensure sufficient ballots and supplies necessary for the conduct of\n\nthe voting and tabulation of returns. Certified results of the\n\nreferendum in each district shall be transmitted within twenty-four\n\n(24) hours after voting ends to the President, and the ballots shall\n\nbe transmitted to the President within forty-eight (48) hours.\n\nBallots shall be preserved by the President for a period of at least\n\nthree (3) months.\n\nC. 1. The results of the referendum shall be determined by the\n\nPresident, and the results certified to the Governor who shall issue\n\na proclamation declaring the results.\n\n2. The Commission shall bear expenses of advertising and\n\nconducting the referendum.\n\nD. Whenever the question of levying the assessments is\n\ndisapproved, by failure of sixty percent (60%) of the sorghum\n\nproducers voting in the referendum to favor continuation of the\n\nassessments, the proclamation declaring the result shall provide for\n\nthe termination of the assessments on April 30, following the date\n\nof the referendum.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"1e4edf745fd68747917f59457382ef375f0db3e5f88fd75d8956e7801b65e46b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-18-248","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-18-270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}