Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-63.3
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Petition for state assessment referendum
Official statutory text
A. 1. Any nonprofit commodity organization may petition the
Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry to request approval to conduct a state assessment
referendum pursuant to the Commodity Research Enhancement Act.
2. The petition shall state:
a. the name of the nonprofit organization that will
conduct the referendum,
b. the reasons for and the purposes of the state
assessment,
c. the federally approved commodity board that will be
designated by the nonprofit commodity organization as
the recipient of the state assessment,
d. the maximum state assessment to be levied pursuant to
an election,
e. the names and number of positions held by each
nonprofit commodity organization on the federally
approved commodity board, and
f. such other information required by the Commissioner.
3. The petition shall be signed by at least ten percent (10%)
of the commodity producers in the state.
B. 1. Within fifteen (15) days following the day on which a
petition for certification is received, the Commissioner shall
schedule a public hearing to consider the petition. The public
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 209
hearing shall be scheduled no later than forty (40) days after
receipt of the completed petition by the Department.
2. Upon the scheduling of the public hearing, the nonprofit
commodity organization shall provide for notification of interested
commodity producers in the manner, method and locations required by
the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
3. If the Commissioner determines that, on the basis of
testimony presented at the public hearing, the petitioning nonprofit
commodity organization is representative of the producers of the
agricultural commodity and that the petition conforms to the
purposes and provisions of the Commodity Research Enhancement Act,
the Commissioner shall designate the nonprofit commodity
organization as representative of the producers of the commodity and
authorized to conduct the state assessment referendum.
4. The petitioning nonprofit commodity organization shall be
responsible for all costs associated with the Commissioner's
consideration of the petition.
Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry to request approval to conduct a state assessment
referendum pursuant to the Commodity Research Enhancement Act.
2. The petition shall state:
a. the name of the nonprofit organization that will
conduct the referendum,
b. the reasons for and the purposes of the state
assessment,
c. the federally approved commodity board that will be
designated by the nonprofit commodity organization as
the recipient of the state assessment,
d. the maximum state assessment to be levied pursuant to
an election,
e. the names and number of positions held by each
nonprofit commodity organization on the federally
approved commodity board, and
f. such other information required by the Commissioner.
3. The petition shall be signed by at least ten percent (10%)
of the commodity producers in the state.
B. 1. Within fifteen (15) days following the day on which a
petition for certification is received, the Commissioner shall
schedule a public hearing to consider the petition. The public
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 209
hearing shall be scheduled no later than forty (40) days after
receipt of the completed petition by the Department.
2. Upon the scheduling of the public hearing, the nonprofit
commodity organization shall provide for notification of interested
commodity producers in the manner, method and locations required by
the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
3. If the Commissioner determines that, on the basis of
testimony presented at the public hearing, the petitioning nonprofit
commodity organization is representative of the producers of the
agricultural commodity and that the petition conforms to the
purposes and provisions of the Commodity Research Enhancement Act,
the Commissioner shall designate the nonprofit commodity
organization as representative of the producers of the commodity and
authorized to conduct the state assessment referendum.
4. The petitioning nonprofit commodity organization shall be
responsible for all costs associated with the Commissioner's
consideration of the petition.
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