If assessments are levied and collected as provided in this article, the treasurer of the organization shall, within 30 days after the end of any calendar year in which such assessments are collected, publish through the medium of the press of the state a statement of the amount or amounts so received by him under the provisions of this article. Before receiving such assessments, such treasurer shall give a bond in the amount of not less than the estimated total of such assessments as will be collected, such bond to have as surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Alabama, and to be in the form and amount approved by the organization conducting such referendum and to be filed with the chairman or executive head of such organization.
Ala. Code § 2-8-137 (1975)