106-555. Action by Board on application.
Upon the filing with the Board of Agriculture of such application on the part of any commission, council, board or other agency, the said Board of Agriculture shall within 30 days thereafter meet and consider such application; and if upon such consideration the said Board of Agriculture shall find that the commission, council, board or other agency making such application is fairly representative of and has been duly chosen and delegated as representative of the growers producing such commodity, and shall otherwise find and determine that such application is in conformity with the provisions of this Article and the purposes herein stated, then and in such an event it shall be the duty of the Board of Agriculture to certify such commission, council, board or other agency as the duly delegated and authorized group or agency representative of the commercial growers and producers of such agricultural commodity, and shall likewise certify that such agency is duly authorized to conduct among the growers and producers of such commodity a referendum for the purposes herein stated. (1947, c. 1018, s. 6.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 50 - Promotion of Use and Sale of Agricultural Products.
§ 106-551 - Federal Agricultural Marketing Act.
§ 106-552 - Associations, activity, etc., deemed not in restraint of trade.
§ 106-553 - Policy as to referenda, assessments, etc., for promoting use and sale of farm products.
§ 106-554 - Application to Board of Agriculture for authorization of referendum.
§ 106-555 - Action by Board on application.
§ 106-556 - Conduct of referendum among growers and producers on question of assessments.
§ 106-558 - Management of referendum; expenses.
§ 106-559.1 - Basis of vote on milk product assessment.
§ 106-560 - Effect of more than one-third vote against assessment.
§ 106-561 - Effect of two-thirds vote for assessment.
§ 106-562 - Regulations as to referendum; notice to farm organizations and county agents.
§ 106-563 - Distribution of ballots; arrangements for holding referendum; declaration of results.
§ 106-563.1 - Supervision of referendum on milk product assessment.
§ 106-564 - Collection of assessments; custody and use of funds.
§ 106-564.1 - Alternate method for collection of assessments.
§ 106-564.2 - Further alternative method for collection of assessments.
§ 106-564.3 - Alternative method for collection of assessments relating to cattle.
§ 106-564.4 - Alternative method for collection of assessments relating to sweet potatoes.
§ 106-565 - Subsequent referendum.
§ 106-566 - Referendum as to continuance of assessments approved at prior referendum.
§ 106-567 - Rights of farmers dissatisfied with assessments; time for demanding refund.
§ 106-567.1 - Refund of milk product assessments.
§ 106-568 - Publication of financial statement by treasurer of agency; bond required.