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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0873\">873<\/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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0326\">326<\/a>; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64234,"section_number":"3.2-1505","catch_line":"Referenda","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1505\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194603,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86876,"identifier":"3.2-1507","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1507","url":"\/3.2-1507\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1507\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1507","dublin_core":{"Title":"Questions to be printed on ballots","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1507","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The question to be printed on the ballots used in a <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> authorized in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Referenda\" href=\"\/3.2-1505\/\">3.2-1505<\/a> on the continuation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall be:\n\t\t\tDo you favor the continuation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> for the purpose of research, education, and promotion of the growth and use of <span class=\"dictionary\">cotton<\/span>? <a id=\"paragraph-311058\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-1507\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The question to be printed on the ballots used in a <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> authorized in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Referenda\" href=\"\/3.2-1505\/\">3.2-1505<\/a> on allowing the <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> to increase the <span class=\"dictionary\">assessment<\/span> on <span class=\"dictionary\">cotton<\/span> by a maximum of $0.15 per <span class=\"dictionary\">bale<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">cotton<\/span> shall be:\n\t\t\tDo you favor authorizing the <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> to increase the <span class=\"dictionary\">assessment<\/span> on <span class=\"dictionary\">cotton<\/span> by a maximum of $0.15 per <span class=\"dictionary\">bale<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">cotton<\/span> ginned in the Commonwealth to support research, education, and promotion of the growth and use of <span class=\"dictionary\">cotton<\/span>? <a id=\"paragraph-311059\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-1507\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUESTIONS TO BE PRINTED ON BALLOTS (\u00a7 3.2-1507)\n\nA. The question to be printed on the ballots used in a referendum authorized in\n&#xA7; 3.2-1505 on the continuation of the Cotton Board shall be:\n\t\t\tDo you favor the continuation of the Cotton Board for the purpose of\nresearch, education, and promotion of the growth and use of cotton?\n\nB. The question to be printed on the ballots used in a referendum authorized in\n&#xA7; 3.2-1505 on allowing the Cotton Board to increase the assessment on\ncotton by a maximum of $0.15 per bale of cotton shall be:\n\t\t\tDo you favor authorizing the Cotton Board to increase the assessment on\ncotton by a maximum of $0.15 per bale of cotton ginned in the Commonwealth to\nsupport research, education, and promotion of the growth and use of cotton?\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 873, \u00a7 3.1-1091; 2005, c. 326; 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}}