Each producer who signs a statement certifying that the producer is a bona fide producer shall be entitled to one vote. At the close of the referendum, the secretary shall count and tabulate the ballots cast. If a majority of voters favor establishing an Iowa egg council and imposing a tax, an Iowa egg council shall be established, and the tax shall be imposed commencing not more than sixty days following the referendum as determined by the Iowa egg council and shall continue for a period of five years unless extended as provided under this chapter. If a majority of the voters do not favor establishing an Iowa egg council and imposing the tax, the tax will not be imposed nor will the council be established until another referendum is held under this chapter and a majority of the voters favor establishing a council and imposing the tax. If a referendum should fail, another referendum shall not be held within one hundred eighty days.
Subsequent referendums to extend the imposition of the tax shall be held every five years in the year prior to the expiration of the tax in force; however, upon receipt of a petition signed by at least fifty producers requesting a referendum election to determine whether to terminate the establishment of the Iowa egg council and to terminate the imposition of the excise tax as provided herein, the secretary shall call a referendum to be conducted within sixty days following the receipt of the petition. The petitioners shall guarantee the payment of the costs of such referendum. If the majority of the voters of any subsequent referendum do not favor an extension, an additional referendum may be held when the secretary receives a petition signed by at least fifty producers. However, the subsequent referendum shall not be held within one hundred eighty days.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 196A.4]
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