184A.1A - REFERENDUM CONDUCTED TO ESTABLISH AN IOWA TURKEY MARKETING COUNCIL AND IMPOSE AN ASSESSMENT.
184A.1A REFERENDUM CONDUCTED TO ESTABLISH AN IOWA
TURKEY MARKETING COUNCIL AND IMPOSE AN ASSESSMENT.
1. The department shall call and conduct a referendum upon the
department's receipt of a petition which is signed by at least twenty
eligible voters requesting a referendum to determine whether to
establish an Iowa turkey marketing council as provided in section
184A.1B and impose an assessment as provided in section 184A.2. In
order to be an eligible voter under this section, a petitioner must
be a qualified producer. The referendum shall be conducted by
election within sixty days following receipt of the petition. The
petitioners shall guarantee payment of the cost of the referendum by
providing evidence of financial security as required by the
department.
2. The department shall give notice of the referendum on the
question whether to establish a council and to impose an assessment
by publishing the notice for a period of not less than five days in
at least one newspaper of general circulation in the state, and for a
similar period in other newspapers as prescribed by the department.
The notice shall state the voting places, period of time for voting,
the manner of voting, the amount of the assessment, and other
information deemed necessary by the department. A referendum shall
not be commenced until five days after the last date of publication.
3. a. Each eligible voter who signs a statement certifying
that the eligible voter is a qualified producer shall be an eligible
voter under this section. An eligible voter is entitled to cast one
vote in each referendum conducted under this section. The department
may conduct the referendum by mail, electronic means, or a general
meeting of eligible voters.
b. At the close of the referendum, the department shall count
and tabulate the ballots cast.
(1) If a majority of eligible voters who vote in the referendum
approve establishing the council and imposing an assessment, a
council shall be established, and an assessment shall be imposed
commencing not more than sixty days following the referendum as
determined by the council. The council and assessment shall continue
for five years as provided in section 184A.12.
(2) If a majority of eligible voters who vote in the referendum
do not approve establishing the council and imposing the assessment,
the council shall not be established and an assessment shall not be
imposed until another referendum is held under this section and a
majority of the eligible voters voting approve establishing a council
and imposing the assessment. If a referendum should fail, another
referendum shall not be held within one hundred eighty days from the
date of the last referendum.
4. Within thirty days after approval at the referendum to
establish a council and to impose an assessment, the department shall
organize the council as provided in section 184A.1B. Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 158, §2, 18, 19; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §22
Referred to in §184A.1, 184A.2, 184A.12, 184A.12A