Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-190

A. Producers may petition at any time for a referendum to

determine if the assessments levied by the Oklahoma Sheep and Wool

Producers Act are to continue. The President of the State Board of

Agriculture shall call and conduct a referendum if the petitions

bear signatures of ten percent (10%) of the sheep and wool

producers.

B. No more than one such referendum shall be conducted in any

one thirty-six-month period. The State Board of Agriculture shall

determine if the petition bears the required number of valid

signatures.

C. The President shall announce the referendum at least thirty

(30) days prior to the day of voting. At least thirty (30) days

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before the referendum the President shall mail a notice of said

referendum to all known sheep and wool producers in the State of

Oklahoma who market sheep or wool. The notice shall specify the

dates, times and places for holding the referendum and shall include

a sample ballot with the following wording:

DO YOU FAVOR A CONTINUATION OF THE FIFTEEN CENT ($0.15)

ASSESSMENT PER HEAD ON SHEEP MARKETED IN OKLAHOMA AND THE ONE

CENT ($0.01) ASSESSMENT PER POUND ON WOOL MARKETED IN OKLAHOMA

FOR UTILIZATION, RESEARCH AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT?

YES _____ NO _____

D. Places within each county for conducting such referendum

shall be designated by the Cooperative Extension Service of Oklahoma

State University. Voting in each county shall be supervised by the

county extension director or person designated by the Cooperative

Extension Service if there is no county extension director in a

county at the time of the referendum.

E. The Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market

Development Commission shall ensure sufficient ballots and supplies

necessary for the conduct of the voting and tabulation of returns.

F. Certified results of the referendum in each county shall be

transmitted within twenty-four (24) hours after voting ends to the

President of the State Board of Agriculture and the ballots

themselves shall be transmitted to the President within forty-eight

(48) hours.

G. Ballots shall be preserved by the President for a period of

at least three (3) months.

H. The results of the referendum shall be determined by the

President and certified to the Governor, who shall issue a

proclamation declaring the results.

I. The Commission shall bear expenses of advertising and

conducting the referendum.

J. Whenever the question of levying the assessments is

disapproved, by failure of sixty percent (60%) of the producers

voting in the referendum to favor continuation of the assessments,

the proclamation declaring the result shall provide for the

termination of the assessments on April 30 following the date of

such referendum.

K. Thirty (30) days after termination of the assessments, all

remaining funds of the Commission shall be transferred to the

Experiment Stations of Oklahoma State University to be used for

continued research on sheep and wool.