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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 864<\/a> and 875<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72656,"section_number":"3.2-1212","catch_line":"Referenda results; action of Governor","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1212\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55962,"section_number":"3.2-1208","catch_line":"Referendum on question of levying apple excise tax","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1208\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194437,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57963,"identifier":"3.2-1210","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/12\/3.2-1210","url":"\/3.2-1210\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1210\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/12\/3.2-1210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Questions to be printed on ballots","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The question to be printed on the ballots used in the referendum<\/span> held under \u00a7 3.2-1208<\/a>, shall be:\n\t\t“Do you favor the levy<\/span> of an excise tax of 2.5 cents ($0.025) per tree run bushel<\/span> of ungraded apples grown in the Commonwealth for sale by producers<\/span> of at least 5,000 tree run bushels<\/span> per calendar year, to be paid into the Apple Fund and distributed as follows: up to 40 percent paid to the U.S. Apple Association for publicity and industry development; up to 20 percent paid to the Virginia State Horticultural Society for education and industry development; up to 20 percent paid to the Virginia Apple Research Program for research; up to 10 percent to be used for administration of this article; and up to 10 percent to be held in the Apple Fund as a reserve with: (i) a maximum amount of $125,000; and (ii) a requirement that any appropriation from the reserve receive at least two-thirds of the votes of the members<\/span> of the Apple Board<\/span>? If the maximum amount of the reserve fund is met, then the amount of that 10 percent distribution that exceeds the reserve fund shall be divided equally among the U.S. Apple Association, the Virginia State Horticultural Society, and the Virginia Apple Research Program.\n\t\t_____ Yes\n\t\t_____ No.”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUESTIONS TO BE PRINTED ON BALLOTS (\u00a7 3.2-1210)\n\nThe question to be printed on the ballots used in the referendum held under \u00a7\n3.2-1208, shall be:\n\t\t“Do you favor the levy of an excise tax of 2.5 cents ($0.025) per tree\nrun bushel of ungraded apples grown in the Commonwealth for sale by producers of\nat least 5,000 tree run bushels per calendar year, to be paid into the Apple\nFund and distributed as follows: up to 40 percent paid to the U.S. Apple\nAssociation for publicity and industry development; up to 20 percent paid to the\nVirginia State Horticultural Society for education and industry development; up\nto 20 percent paid to the Virginia Apple Research Program for research; up to 10\npercent to be used for administration of this article; and up to 10 percent to\nbe held in the Apple Fund as a reserve with: (i) a maximum amount of $125,000;\nand (ii) a requirement that any appropriation from the reserve receive at least\ntwo-thirds of the votes of the members of the Apple Board? If the maximum amount\nof the reserve fund is met, then the amount of that 10 percent distribution that\nexceeds the reserve fund shall be divided equally among the U.S. Apple\nAssociation, the Virginia State Horticultural Society, and the Virginia Apple\nResearch Program.\n\t\t_____ Yes\n\t\t_____ No.”\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 864, 875, \u00a7 3.1-636.4; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}