Whenever the commissioner has received a petition signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the producers of milk in the state of Tennessee, the commissioner shall publish the filing of the petition through the medium of the public press in the state within fifteen (15) days of the receipt thereof. The petition shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 44 - Animals and Animal Husbandry
Chapter 19 - Dairy Industry Promotion Act
§ 44-19-102. Legislative Declaration
§ 44-19-103. Chapter Definitions
§ 44-19-104. Actions Not Illegal or in Restraint of Trade
§ 44-19-105. Referendum on Assessment Authorized
§ 44-19-106. Petition for Assessment
§ 44-19-107. Consideration and Certification of Petition
§ 44-19-108. Filing of Petition — Effect of Referendum
§ 44-19-110. Supervision and Cost of Referendum
§ 44-19-111. Notice of Referendum and Assessment — Ballots
§ 44-19-112. Distribution of Ballots — Declaration of Results
§ 44-19-113. Implementation of Results — Imposition, Notice and Disposition of Assessment
§ 44-19-115. Refund of Promotion Money
§ 44-19-116. Deposits — Disbursements
§ 44-19-117. Investments — Use of Funds
§ 44-19-118. Change or Termination of Assessment — Petition — Referendum