This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation referendum vote, shall not become operative until the secretary finds that at least 30 percent of the total number of the producers from the list established by the secretary participate, and either of the following occurs:
(a) Sixty-five percent of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this chapter, and the producers so voting owned or operated a majority of the total quantity of colonies maintained in the preceding marketing season by all of the producers voting in the referendum.
(b) A majority of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this chapter, and the producers so voting owned or operated 65 percent or more of the total quantity of colonies maintained in the preceding marketing season by all of the producers voting in the referendum.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2011.)