UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 1546
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AN ACT relating to agriculture. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 247.493 is amended to read as follows: 3
In the event a majority of the producers eligible for participation in such referendum and 4
voting therein shall vote in favor of such assessment, then, upon the written request of the 5
duly certified commission, council, board, association or other agency of producers of 6
such agricultural commodity, the Commissioner shall notify forthwith, by certified mail, 7
all persons engaged in the business of purchasing such agricultural commodities in this 8
state, that on and after the date specified in such letter, the specified assessment shall be 9
deducted from the producer's payment by the purchaser, or his or her agent or 10
representative, from the purchase price of such agricultural commodity. The assessment 11
so deducted shall, on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the end of the 12
month in which such commodity is sold to the purchaser, be remitted by such purchaser 13
to the duly certified commission, council, board, association or other agency of the 14
producers entitled thereto. Such funds, including donations from individuals, concerns, 15
corporations and grants from the state or governmental agencies, shall be used for the 16
purpose of promoting and stimulating, by advertising, research and other methods, the 17
increased use and sale, domestic and foreign, of such agricultural commodity. The books 18
and records of all such purchasers of such agricultural commodity shall at all times 19
during regular business hours be open for inspection by the Commissioner of Agriculture 20
or his or her duly authorized agents. 21