Alabama Dairy Promotion Act

This act authorizes a producer-funded dairy promotion program supported by an assessment on milk, which may be levied only if dairy producers approve it in a statewide referendum. It sets out the machinery for that vote — notice, ballot preparation and distribution, supervision and the expense of holding it, how cooperative associations cast their votes, the majority required to pass, and when a further referendum may be held after one fails — and fixes a ceiling on the assessment that may be imposed. It also governs collection of the assessment and the consequences of failing to pay, provides for refunds and for reporting the amounts collected, and declares that activities carried out under it are not unlawful or in restraint of trade.

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