Each producer upon signing a statement certifying that the person is a bona fide producer, as defined in this chapter, shall be entitled to one vote. At the close of the referendum period, the secretary shall count and tabulate the ballots filed during the referendum period. If from such tabulation the secretary finds that a majority of the total number of producers voting favor the assessment, the excise tax provided for in section 181.9 shall be levied and imposed for an additional four years from the end of the previous taxing period.
The ballots thus cast shall constitute complete and conclusive evidence for use in any finding made by the secretary under the provisions of this chapter. The secretary may prescribe such additional procedures as may be necessary to conduct a referendum.
In the event of the failure of any referendum provided for herein to pass, a subsequent referendum may be called by the secretary upon petition therefor by at least one hundred producers within one hundred eighty days after the secretary's determination that the prior referendum has failed. In the event of failure to make such petition within said period, or, the second consecutive failure of a referendum to pass, no further referendum shall be conducted and the levy and assessment herein created shall terminate and be of no further force or effect.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 181.15]
86 Acts, ch 1195, § 3
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