(510 ILCS 101/30)
Sec. 30.
Referenda.
All swine producers subject to the
marketing program shall have the opportunity to vote in a
referendum to determine the adoption, amendment, or continuation of a
marketing program.
All referenda shall be by secret ballot. Voting shall be by mailed ballot.
No less
than 14 calendar days shall be allowed for
swine producers subject to the program
to cast
their ballots. Procedure shall be provided for absentee voting.
Reasonable notice of all referenda held under this Act must be
given at least once in trade publications and in the public press
at least 30 days before the referendum.
The ballots shall be returned to the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Such
ballots shall be returned or delivered to the Department no later than the date
for the
conclusion of
the voting
period. The Department shall secure all ballots until they are
tallied. The Department shall appoint a 3-person teller committee
to tally the vote and shall make the results of the referendum
public.
The initial referendum to adopt an Illinois Swine Market
Development Program and to set the amount of an assessment may be
conducted at any time by the Board of the Illinois Pork Producers
Association. The Board shall hold informational meetings on the
initial marketing program.
Any producer who is qualified under any marketing program is
entitled to one vote. The referendum area includes the entire
State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 92-158, eff. 7-25-01.)
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