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§ 3-408 – Public meeting; notice

3-408. Public meeting; notice A. A public meeting on the petition shall be held within sixty days after the department receives the petition. B. Notice shall be sent to all affected persons on the department list and interested parties five to thirty days before the date of the public meeting. The notice shall state the […]

§ 3-424 – Initiation of the marketing agreement process; contents

3-424. Initiation of the marketing agreement process; contents A. Two or more persons who produce or ship the affected commodity shall file an application with the director together with a filing fee of five hundred dollars to cover the costs of the public meeting. If the public meeting costs less than five hundred dollars, the […]

§ 3-409 – Findings

3-409. Findings A. Based on testimony received at the public meeting, the director may recommend to the petitioners that the proposed marketing order be modified. If the petitioners make any substantial changes to the proposed marketing order after the public meetings, there shall be at least one additional public meeting to receive evidence and testimony […]

§ 3-425 – Public meeting; notice; findings

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 director, or the director’s 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 […]

§ 3-410 – Election procedures

3-410. Election procedures A. For an election conducted by referendum, each affected person entitled to vote on the department list shall receive a ballot. The ballot shall state or be accompanied by the text of the proposed marketing order, the date the ballot must be received by the department and the address to which the […]

§ 3-426 – Marketing committee

3-426. Marketing committee If a marketing committee is established by the marketing agreement, the marketing committee shall be composed of three to nine signatories of the marketing agreement who are elected by all of the signatories of the marketing agreement.

§ 3-411 – Adoption of a marketing order

3-411. Adoption of a marketing order A. If an election is conducted by a referendum, the marketing order shall be adopted or substantially changed if either: 1. Forty per cent of persons by volume or by number entitled to vote cast ballots and at least sixty-five per cent by number and fifty-one per cent by […]

§ 3-427 – Application of marketing order provisions to marketing agreements

3-427. Application of marketing order provisions to marketing agreements A. The voting requirements and termination provisions prescribed for marketing orders by this article do not apply to marketing agreements. B. Sections 3-417, 3-418, subsections A and B and 3-419 apply to marketing agreements only if an assessment is made under the agreement. C. Sections 3-420 […]

§ 3-412 – Terminating a marketing order

3-412. Terminating a marketing order A. The marketing order expires on the fifth anniversary of its effective date unless specified otherwise in the marketing order, terminated previously or reapproved. B. If the marketing order has been substantially changed and the substantial change was submitted for approval to those persons regulated by the marketing order during […]