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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 395 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. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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":59220,"section_number":"3.2-112","catch_line":"Regulations governing the conduct of referenda","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-112\/"},{"id":83759,"section_number":"3.2-1411","catch_line":"Virginia Corn Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1411\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194533,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67976,"identifier":"3.2-1405","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/14\/3.2-1405","url":"\/3.2-1405\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1405\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/14\/3.2-1405","dublin_core":{"Title":"Referenda","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1405","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span>, upon petition<\/span> by a group of corn<\/span> producers<\/span> representing at least 10 percent of the number of the Commonwealth’s corn<\/span> producers<\/span> as determined by the Commissioner<\/span>, may provide for a referendum<\/span> on the continuation of the assessment. If the Governor shall determine that a simple majority of those voting are not in favor of the assessment, the Board<\/span> shall hold no new referenda for at least one year after the Governor has declared his findings<\/span>, and then only after receiving a petition<\/span> signed by at least 10 percent of the number of the Commonwealth’s corn<\/span> producers<\/span>. The cost of conducting any such referendum<\/span> as above prescribed shall come from funds paid into the Virginia Corn<\/span> Fund as defined in \u00a7 3.2-1411<\/a>. The Board<\/span> shall adopt regulations governing the conduct of referenda pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-112<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFERENDA (\u00a7 3.2-1405)\n\nThe Board, upon petition by a group of corn producers representing at least 10\npercent of the number of the Commonwealth’s corn producers as determined\nby the Commissioner, may provide for a referendum on the continuation of the\nassessment. If the Governor shall determine that a simple majority of those\nvoting are not in favor of the assessment, the Board shall hold no new referenda\nfor at least one year after the Governor has declared his findings, and then\nonly after receiving a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the number of\nthe Commonwealth’s corn producers. The cost of conducting any such\nreferendum as above prescribed shall come from funds paid into the Virginia Corn\nFund as defined in \u00a7 3.2-1411. The Board shall adopt regulations governing the\nconduct of referenda pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-112.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 395, \u00a7 3.1-1041; 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}}