Title 69, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals

If in such referendum called under the provisions of this act a simple majority of the bulk tank units eligible to participate and voting therein shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of such assessment proposed in such milk referendum covered t…

In the event such referendum so to be conducted as herein provided shall not be supported by a majority of those eligible for participation and voting therein, then the state ADA and extension service conducting the said referendum shall have the full power and authority to call …

The hours, voting places, rules and regulations of the milk and dairy products, said referendum date, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respect to the holding of such referendum shall be published by the state ADA and extension service through the medium of the pub…

The state ADA and extension service shall likewise prepare and distribute in advance of such referendum all necessary ballots for the purposes thereof, and shall, under rules and regulations promulgated, arrange for the necessary poll holders for conducting the said referendum; a…

(1) In conducting any referendum under this act, the state ADA and extension service shall consider the approval or disapproval by any cooperative association engaged in a bona fide manner in marketing milk or the dairy products as the approval or disapproval of the producers who…

(1) In the event a majority of the bulk tank units eligible for participation in such referendum and voting therein shall vote in favor of such assessment, then the said assessment shall be collected monthly for the number of years set forth in the call for such referendum, and t…

In the event such referendum is carried in the affirmative and the assessment is levied and collected as provided herein and under the regulations to be promulgated by the state ADA, any bulk tank unit upon and against whom such assessments shall have been levied and collected un…

(1) It is hereby declared and the Legislature hereby finds that:(a) Dairy products are basic foods that are a valuable part of the human diet;(b) The production of dairy products plays a significant role in the state’s economy, the milk from which dairy products are manufactured …

In the event of the levying and collection of assessments as herein provided, the treasurer of the state ADA conducting same shall, within ninety (90) days after the end of any calendar year in which such assessments are collected, have available upon written request by a produce…

The date of any initial referendums authorized under the provisions of this act shall be set on or before June 1, 1989.

(a) The following terms shall have the following meanings unless context shall provide otherwise:(a) “State” means the State of Mississippi;(b) “Milk” means any class of cow’s milk produced in the state;(c) “Dairy products” means products manufactured for human consumption which …

No association, meeting or activity undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act and intended to benefit all of the producers and handlers of milk and dairy products in Mississippi shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade.

It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the agricultural economy of the state that, producers and handlers of milk and dairy products shall be permitted by referendum to be held among producers in the state and subject to the provisio…