Section 25-3401 – SHORT TITLE.

25-3401. SHORT TITLE. This chapter shall be known as the "Pork Promotion Assessment Act." History: [25-3401, added 1992, ch. 260, sec. 1, p. 753.]

Section 25-3402 – DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.

25-3402. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE. It is in the public interest for the state to enable producers of porcine animals to assess themselves in order to raise funds to promote the interests of the pork industry and to control porcine diseases. History: [25-3402, added 1992, ch. 260, sec. 1, p. 753.]

Section 25-3403 – DEFINITIONS.

25-3403. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Association" means the Idaho pork producers association, inc., an Idaho nonprofit corporation. (2) "Buyer" means any person who buys, receives or assembles swine for his own account, or for the account of another person for feeding, breeding, slaughter or any other purpose. (3) "Department" means the Idaho department of […]

Section 25-3404 – REFERENDUM.

25-3404. REFERENDUM. (1) The association may conduct among pork producers a referendum upon the question of whether an assessment shall be levied on porcine animals sold in this state. (2) The association shall determine: (a) The amount of the proposed assessment. (b) The time and place of the referendum. (c) Procedures for conducting the referendum […]

Section 25-3405 – PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT.

25-3405. PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT. (1) The assessment shall not be collected unless more than one-half (1/2) of the votes cast in the referendum are in favor of the assessment. If more than one-half (1/2) of the votes cast in the referendum are in favor of the assessment, then the association shall notify the […]

Section 25-3406 – USE OF ASSESSMENTS.

25-3406. USE OF ASSESSMENTS. The funds collected under this assessment shall be used to promote the interests of the pork industry and to conduct a porcine disease control program. The department shall remit all funds collected under this act to the association at least monthly. The association shall return to the department at least monthly […]

Section 25-3407 – TERMINATION OF ASSESSMENT.

25-3407. TERMINATION OF ASSESSMENT. Upon receipt of a petition signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the pork producers in Idaho known to the association, the department shall notify the association and the association shall, within six (6) months, conduct a referendum upon the question of continuing the assessment. If a majority of the […]