If in any referendum called under the provisions of this article, a majority of the producers in the area in which any referendum is conducted, eligible to participate and voting therein, shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment proposed in the referendum on the agricultural commodity covered thereby, then the assessment shall be collected in the manner determined and announced by the organization conducting the referendum.
Ala. Code § 2-8-130 (1975)