{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-46-17-140","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 46-17-140","heading":"Referendum to determine assent to marketing order.","body":"After final recommendation of the adoption, amendment, or termination of a marketing order, the Commission shall determine by referendum whether the affected producers assent to the proposed action. The Commission shall conduct the referendum within forty-five days after the issuance of the final order. The affected producers shall be deemed to have assented to the proposal if either of the following conditions are met:\n(1) If sixty-six and two-thirds percent or more by number of those voting representing fifty-one percent or more of the volume of the affected commodity produced by those voting assent to the proposal.\n(2) If fifty-one percent or more by number of those voting representing sixty-six and two-thirds percent or more of the volume of the affected commodity produced by those voting assent to the proposal.","path":["Title 46 - AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 17 Agricultural Commodities Marketing"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t46c017.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:38:09Z","sha256":"a4f61a56366e3931d709abed27dc5924095d99b80d6e4dfecebdc281a16b445c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-46-17-130","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-46-17-150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}