182.4 - ESTABLISHMENT OF SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD -- ASSESSMENT -- TERMINATION.
182.4 ESTABLISHMENT OF SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD
-- ASSESSMENT -- TERMINATION.
1. Each producer who signs a statement certifying that the
producer is a bona fide producer is entitled to one vote. At the
close of the referendum, the secretary shall count and tabulate the
ballots cast. If a majority of voters favor establishing an Iowa
sheep and wool promotion board and imposing an assessment, an Iowa
sheep and wool promotion board shall be established. The assessment
shall be imposed commencing not more than sixty days following the
referendum as determined by the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board,
and shall continue until terminated by a referendum as provided in
subsection 2. If a majority of the voters do not favor establishing
an Iowa sheep and wool promotion board and imposing the assessment,
the assessment shall not be imposed and the board shall not be
established until another referendum is held under this chapter and a
majority of the voters favor establishing a board and imposing the
assessment. If a referendum fails, another referendum shall not be
held within one hundred eighty days.
2. Upon receipt of a petition signed by at least twenty- five
producers in each district requesting a referendum election to
determine whether to terminate the establishment of the Iowa sheep
and wool promotion board and to terminate the imposition of the
assessment, the secretary shall call a referendum to be conducted
within sixty days following the receipt of the petition. The
petitioners shall guarantee the payment of the costs of a referendum
held under this subsection. If the majority of the voters of a
referendum do not favor termination, an additional referendum may be
held when the secretary receives a petition signed by at least
twenty-five producers in each district. However, the additional
referendum shall not be held within one hundred eighty days. Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 207, §4
Referred to in § 182.1