§ 106-562. Regulations as to referendum; notice to farm organizations and county agents. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 106‑562. Regulations as to referendum; notice to farm organizations and county agents.

The hours, voting places, rules and regulations and the area withinwhich such referendum herein authorized with respect to any of the agriculturalcommodities herein referred to shall be established and determined by theagency of the commercial growers and producers of such agricultural commodityduly certified by the Board of Agriculture as hereinbefore provided; the saidreferendum date, area, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respectto the holding of such referendum shall be published by such agency conductingthe same through the medium of the public press in the State of North Carolinaat least 30 days before the holding of such referendum, and direct writtennotice thereof shall likewise be given to all farm organizations within theState of North Carolina and to each county agent in any county in which suchagricultural product is grown. Such notice shall likewise contain a statementof the amount of annual assessment proposed to be levied – which assessment inany event shall not exceed one half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of the value ofthe year's production of such agricultural commodity or such other assessmentas shall be authorized by law, grown by any farmer, producer or grower includedin the group to which such referendum is submitted – and shall likewise statethe method by which such assessment shall be collected and how the proceedsthereof shall be administered and the purposes to which the same shall beapplied, which purposes shall be in keeping with the provisions of thisArticle. (1947, c. 1018, s.13; 1967, c. 774, s. 2; 1983, c. 246, s. 2.)