(a) If the referendum is supported and the assessment is levied and collected as provided, any person upon whom an annual assessment was levied and collected, if dissatisfied with the assessment may demand and receive from the treasurer of the certified agency a refund of the collected annual assessment.
(b) The demand for refund shall be made in writing within 30 days from the date of collection from the person.
(c) However, any person, qualified to vote in a referendum in which potatoes or peaches are the agricultural commodity, may seek a refund of an assessment, if he pays the assessment by the end of the assessment year in which the assessment was levied. The assessment year shall be determined by the certified agency representing the commodity.
(d) If any person, qualified to vote in a referendum in which potatoes or peaches are the agricultural commodity, fails to make any protest against the assessment and levy in writing, addressed to the certified agency representing the commodity concerned, within 30 days from the date the assessment becomes due and payable, and the certified agency concerned may institute judicial proceedings to enforce the collection of the assessment.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 10 - Promotion and Identification of Agricultural Products
Subtitle 1 - Promotion of Use and Sale of Agricultural Commodity
Section 10-103 - Activities Not Deemed Illegal or in Restraint of Trade
Section 10-106 - Referendum on Area or Statewide Basis; Participation; Question
Section 10-107 - Distribution of Ballots; Poll Holders; Canvass of Result of Referendum
Section 10-108 - Effect of Affirmative Referendum Vote
Section 10-109 - Subsequent Referenda
Section 10-110 - Use of Assessment
Section 10-111 - Deduction of Assessments by Purchasers of Agricultural Commodities
Section 10-112 - Collection of Assessments From Producers of Tree Fruits
Section 10-113 - Deduction of Assessments by Purchasers of Livestock for Slaughter
Section 10-115 - Publication of Statement of Amounts Received From Assessments; Treasurer's Bond
Section 10-116 - Deductions to Defray Expenses of Making Assessments