106-568.4. By whom referendum to be managed; announcement.
The governing boards of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, the North Carolina State Grange, and the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc., shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted under the provisions of this Article but shall, 60 days before the date upon which it is to be held, fix, determine, and publicly announce in each county the date, hours, and polling places in that county for voting in such referendum, the amount and basis proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected as authorized by the growers and producers, and the general purposes for which said funds so collected shall be applied. Provided, that the governing boards of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., the North Carolina State Grange, the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation, Inc., and the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina, Incorporated, shall arrange for and manage any referendum for tobacco poundage assessments under the provisions of this Article. (1951, c. 827, s. 4; 1991, c. 102, s. 3.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 50A - Promotion of Agricultural Research and Dissemination of Findings.
§ 106-568.1 - Policy as to joint action of farmers.
§ 106-568.2 - Policy as to referendum and assessment.
§ 106-568.4 - By whom referendum to be managed; announcement.
§ 106-568.5 - When assessment shall and shall not be levied.
§ 106-568.6 - Determination and notice of date, area, hours, voting places, etc.
§ 106-568.8 - Collection and disposition of assessment; report of receipts and disbursements; audit.
§ 106-568.9 - Refunds to farmers.
§ 106-568.10 - Subsequent referenda; continuation of assessment.
§ 106-568.11 - Effect of more than one-third vote against assessment.
§ 106-568.12 - Effect of two-thirds vote in favor of assessment.