§ 69-35-1. Title
This act shall be known as the “Mississippi Dairy Promotion Act.”
§ 69-35-11. Procedures for holding referendum; ballots; maximum assessment
With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions of this act, the state ADA and extension service shall, before calling and announcing such referendum, fix, determine and publicly announce at least thirty (30) days before the date determined upon for such referendum, the date, hours and polling places for voting in such referendum, the […]
§ 69-35-13. Supervision of referendum; expense
The arrangements for, management and supervision of any referendum conducted under the provisions of this act shall be under the direction of the state ADA in cooperation with the county extension agent of each county in the state, and any and all expenses in connection therewith shall be borne by the state ADA.
§ 69-35-15. Referendum to be statewide; question to be submitted
Any referendum conducted under the provisions of this act shall be held on a statewide basis. In such referendum, the bulk tank units eligible for participation shall vote upon the question of whether or not there shall be levied an annual assessment for a period of five (5) years in the amount set forth in […]
§ 69-35-17. Majority vote rules
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 thereby, then such assessment shall be collected in […]
§ 69-35-19. Defeat of referendum; subsequent referendums
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 another referendum for the purposes herein set forth […]
§ 69-35-21. Time, manner, and form of giving notice of referendum; contents of notice
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 public press in the state at least thirty (30) days […]
§ 69-35-23. Preparation and distribution of ballots; conduct of referendum; results
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; and following such referendum and within ten (10) days thereafter shall canvas and publicly […]
§ 69-35-25. Vote of cooperative associations
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 are members of or under contract with such cooperative association […]
§ 69-35-27. Collection of assessment; failure to pay assessment
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 the collection of such assessment shall be […]
§ 69-35-29. Refund of assessments
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 under the provisions of this act, if a […]
§ 69-35-3. Legislative findings, purpose and policy
It is hereby declared and the Legislature hereby finds that: Dairy products are basic foods that are a valuable part of the human diet; The production of dairy products plays a significant role in the state’s economy, the milk from which dairy products are manufactured is produced by milk producers and dairy products are consumed […]
§ 69-35-31. Report of amount of assessments received and collected
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 producer, or extension service or other agency of the […]
§ 69-35-33. Date of initial referendum
The date of any initial referendums authorized under the provisions of this act shall be set on or before June 1, 1989.
§ 69-35-5. Definitions
The following terms shall have the following meanings unless context shall provide otherwise: “State” means the State of Mississippi; “Milk” means any class of cow’s milk produced in the state; “Dairy products” means products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk and includes fluid milk products; “Fluid milk products” means […]
§ 69-35-7. Activities under chapter not illegal or in restraint of trade
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.
§ 69-35-9. Dairy producers’ referendum on levying milk assessment
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 provisions of this act, to levy upon themselves […]