Implementation and Voting Procedures
Cal. FAC § 79962
California Statutes
The commission shall not be established, and this
chapter shall not be implemented, except as necessary to conduct an implementation referendum vote, until the secretary finds all of the following in a referendum vote conducted by the secretary: (
a) At least percent of the total number of growers from the list established by the secretary pursuant to this
article participate, and that either of the following occurs:
(1) Sixty-five percent of the growers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of establishing the commission, and those growers cultivated a majority of the total quantity of agave cultivated in the preceding marketing season by all of the growers voting in the referendum.
(2) A majority of the growers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of establishing the commission, and those growers cultivated percent or more of the total quantity of agave cultivated in the preceding marketing season by all of the growers voting in the referendum. (
b) At least percent of the total number of processors from the list established by the secretary pursuant to this
article participate, and that either of the following occurs:
(1) Sixty-five percent of the processors who voted in the referendum voted in favor of establishing the commission, and those processors processed a majority of the total quantity of agave processed in the preceding marketing season by all of the processors voting in the referendum.
(2) A majority of the processors who voted in the referendum voted in favor of establishing the commission, and those processors processed percent or more of the total quantity of agave processed in the preceding marketing season by all of the processors voting in the referendum.