Section 75611 Of Article 5. Implementation And Voting Procedures From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 22. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 13.5. >> Article 5.
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. (a) Within 90 days of the effective date of the amendments
made to this section during the 1994 portion of the 1993-94 Regular
Session of the Legislature, the secretary shall establish a list of
producers eligible to vote. In establishing the list, the secretary
may require that producers, handlers, and agricultural commissioners
submit the names and mailing addresses of all known producers who are
subject to this chapter. The secretary also may require that the
information provided include the quantity of apples produced by each
producer or, in the alternative, may establish procedures for
receiving the information at the time of the referendum vote
specified in this article. The request for the information shall be
in writing, and the requested information shall be filed within 30
days following receipt of the request.
(b) Any person whose name does not appear upon the appropriate
list may have his or her name placed on the list by filing with the
secretary a signed statement identifying himself or herself as a
person eligible to vote. The absence of a person's name from the list
shall not exempt the person from paying assessments and shall not
invalidate any industry votes conducted pursuant to this article.
(c) Proponents and opponents of the commission may contact
producers on the lists in a form and manner prescribed by the
commission as long as all expenses associated with the contacts are
paid in advance.