(1) The Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board shall maintain a list of commercial producers of catfish who are entitled to vote in referenda, shall prepare ballots for the referenda, and shall prescribe voting procedures. The board shall mail a ballot by registered mail to every commercial catfish producer identified on the list maintained by the board. Each producer shall be entitled to only one (1) vote.
(2) In all referenda, in order to be eligible to vote, a commercial catfish producer must have purchased catfish feed in the period from twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date of the referendum to not less than thirty (30) calendar days immediately preceding the date of the referendum.
(3) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be reimbursed from funds collected for the costs of holding referenda.