Ky. Rev. Stat. § 247.655
The hours, voting places, rules and regulations, and the area within which the referendum will be conducted shall be established and determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture; the said referendum date, area, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respect to the holding of the referendum shall be published by the Commissioner through the medium of the public press in the Commonwealth of Kentucky at least thirty (30) days before the holding of such referendum, and direct written notice thereof shall likewise be given to each county or area agricultural extension agent in any county covered by such referendum. Such notice shall likewise contain a statement of the amount of the assessment proposed to be levied, and shall likewise state the method by which such assessment shall be collected and how the proceeds thereof shall be administered and the purposes to which the same shall be applied, which purposes shall be in keeping with the provisions of KRS 247.610 to 247.685.
KRS 247.655