Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 275
Commodity Associations
←275.310
Section 275.320.1
275.330→
August 28, 2015
Establishment--petition, contents--membership.
275.320. A representative group of not less than five percent of the
producers of an agricultural commodity may petition the director for
permission to establish a commodity merchandising council. This petition
shall include:
(1) A statement of the area of production to be included (the area shall
be statewide, except that it may be limited to a well-defined smaller area
where such area is the principal commercial producer in the state of the
commodity);
(2) A statement of the general purposes of the commodity merchandising
council program which may include research, education, grades and standards,
merchandising, publicity, sales promotion and cooperation with other state,
regional and national organizations;
(3) The amount of the fee that is desired to be collected for each
designated unit of commercial quantities of the commodity;
(4) The method or methods to be used in the collection of the fee;
(5) The composition, qualification, terms of office, method of
nomination, election, filling unexpired terms, salaries, travel expenses, and
duties of the members of the council;
(a) The council shall consist of an odd number of not less than five nor
more than fifteen members of whom the majority shall be producers to be
selected by producers;
(b) The director shall serve as an ex officio member of the council;
(c) The dean of the college of agriculture, university of Missouri, will
serve as an ex officio member of the council;
(6) A recommendation as to what shall constitute a commercial quantity
of the commodity;
(7) The method of conducting the referendum of the commodity producers
either by mail or by polling place depending on the area and volume of the
commodity.
(L. 1969 S.B. 65 § 3, A.L. 1973 S.B. 92)
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