Upon written petition duly signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the producers affected by the assessment, the commissioner shall, in accordance with the procedure established in §§ 44-19-109 — 44-19-112, conduct a referendum to determine whether the producers assent to a change of the assessment or to terminate the assessment. The producers shall be deemed to have assented to a change of the assessment or termination of assessment if a majority of those voting vote in favor of the change or termination.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 44-19-118
Change or termination of assessment — Petition — Referendum
Known as the Dairy Industry Promotion Act
The act spans §§ 44-19-101 to 44-19-122 (22 sections).
Acts 1984, ch. 948, § 18.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.