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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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57963,"section_number":"3.2-1210","catch_line":"Questions to be printed on ballots","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1210\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72656,"identifier":"3.2-1212","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/12\/3.2-1212","url":"\/3.2-1212\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1212\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/12\/3.2-1212","dublin_core":{"Title":"Referenda results; action of Governor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1212","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the Governor finds the referendum<\/span> in order<\/span> and that more than one-half of those voting are in favor of the excise tax on apples pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-1210<\/a>, then the Governor shall so proclaim. Upon such proclamation by the Governor, the excise tax on apples shall be established. If the Governor finds that more than one-half of those voting are in opposition to the excise tax on apples pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-1210<\/a>, then the Governor shall not so proclaim and the excise tax on apples shall not be established.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFERENDA RESULTS; ACTION OF GOVERNOR (\u00a7 3.2-1212)\n\nIf the Governor finds the referendum in order and that more than one-half of\nthose voting are in favor of the excise tax on apples pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-1210,\nthen the Governor shall so proclaim. Upon such proclamation by the Governor, the\nexcise tax on apples shall be established. If the Governor finds that more than\none-half of those voting are in opposition to the excise tax on apples pursuant\nto \u00a7 3.2-1210, then the Governor shall not so proclaim and the excise tax on\napples shall not be established.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 864, 875, \u00a7 3.1-636.6; 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}}