3-425
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3-425. Public meeting; notice; findings A. At least five days but not more than twenty days after the application is filed with the department, the assistant director, or his designee, shall hold a public meeting. A notice shall be sent to all persons that may be affected by the proposed marketing agreement that states the time, date and place of the public hearing and that the department will receive evidence and testimony concerning the proposed marketing agreement. An official department list of affected persons does not have to be prepared. B. At the public meeting, the assistant director, or his designee, shall receive evidence and testimony concerning the proposed marketing agreement. The assistant director may hold more than one hearing if the affected commodity is grown in more than one area of this state. C. The assistant director shall approve the marketing agreement if he finds: 1. The same marketing agreement or marketing order program is not in effect for the affected commodity in the territory described by the proposed marketing agreement. 2. The marketing agreement complies with this article. 3. The signatories of the marketing agreement have sufficient monies to defray expenses of formation, administration and enforcement of the marketing agreement. 4. The marketing agreement is signed by all participants. |