North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 106. Agriculture § 106-568.34. Alternate method for levy of assessment

At any time when it may be found by the Board of Directors of Tobacco Associates, that it is not reasonably feasible to base the authorization of an assessment or the making of an assessment or the collection of an assessment on a “per-acre” unit, then the Board of Directors of Tobacco Associates, by an affirmative vote of not less than two thirds of its members (which vote shall include the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds of the board members who were elected by North Carolina farm organizations), may use a “tobacco poundage” unit as the basis for the authorization or making or collecting an assessment. No alternative assessment for any year after 1988 shall exceed one-fifth cent ( 1/5 ¢) per pound of the flue-cured tobacco marketed by each farmer. The amount of any alternate assessment, based upon a “tobacco poundage” unit as permitted by the provisions of this section shall not be related to or limited by the amount of the assessment which could be authorized, made or collected if it were based upon a “per-acre” unit.