The referendum must be upon the question of whether or not the farmers eligible for participation and voting in the referendum shall vote upon themselves, for the period of three years, an assessment not to exceed ten dollars an acre on all tobacco acreage in the State, or not to exceed fifty cents for each hundred pounds of the flue-cured tobacco marketed by each farmer under the alternate method for assessment provided for in Section 46-31-140, for the purpose of providing farmer participation in the fund and through the agency established for the promotion of flue-cured tobacco, the exact amount an acre of the assessment to be determined by the members of the board of directors of Tobacco Associates, Incorporated, subject to the approval of the majority of the South Carolina members of the board of directors.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-249.2; 1952 Code Section 3-249.2; 1947 (45) 732; 1951 (47) 197; 1959 (51) 65; 1970 (56) 2292; 1981 Act No. 158 Section 3; 1988 Act No. 550, Section 3, eff May 29, 1988.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 31 - Flue-cured Tobacco
Section 46-31-10. Declaration of public interest.
Section 46-31-20. Desirability of referendum on annual assessment.
Section 46-31-30. Provision for referendum; amount of proposed assessment.
Section 46-31-40. Date, hours, voting places, notices, rules and regulations or referenda.
Section 46-31-50. Ballots; poll holders; canvass and declaration of result.
Section 46-31-60. Question in referendum.
Section 46-31-70. Effect of one-third negative vote in referendum.
Section 46-31-80. Effect of two thirds affirmative vote in referendum.
Section 46-31-90. Collection and disposition of assessment.
Section 46-31-100. Dissatisfied farmers and producers shall receive refunds.
Section 46-31-110. Annual statement of amounts received and disbursed.
Section 46-31-120. Subsequent referendum when preceding one unsuccessful.
Section 46-31-130. Subsequent referendum when preceding one successful.