In determining whether this article shall become inoperative, the secretary shall find that at least 40 percent of the total number of producers from the list established by the secretary participated in the referendum, and that either one of the following occurred:
(a)
Fifty-five percent or more of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this article, and the producers who voted paid a majority of the assessment dollars on citrus fruit in the preceding marketing season that were paid by all the producers who voted in the referendum.
(b)
A majority of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this article, and the producers who voted paid 55 percent or more of the
assessment dollars on citrus fruit in the preceding marketing season that were paid by all the producers who voted in the referendum.