{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/3.2-1511.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/3.2-1511.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/3.2-1511.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/3.2-1511.html"}],"law_id":65865,"edition_id":1,"section_id":65865,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1511","catch_line":"Virginia Cotton Fund established","history":"1997, c. 873, \u00a7 3.1-1101; 2008, c. 860.","full_text":"There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Cotton Fund, hereafter referred to as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All assessments paid pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-1512 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund.\n\t\tThe Cotton Board, to help defray the costs of Cotton Board programs, may sell printed materials, rent exhibit space at meetings, and engage in any revenue-producing activity related to research, education, and promotion of the growth and use of cotton. The Cotton Board shall promptly pay the proceeds of any such revenue-producing activities into the Fund.\n\t\tInterest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the Cotton Board on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by a duly authorized officer of the Cotton Board.\n\t\tThe Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit all the accounts of the Cotton Board as provided in \u00a7 30-133.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":239374,"text":"There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Cotton Fund, hereafter referred to as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All assessments paid pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-1512 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund.\n\t\tThe Cotton Board, to help defray the costs of Cotton Board programs, may sell printed materials, rent exhibit space at meetings, and engage in any revenue-producing activity related to research, education, and promotion of the growth and use of cotton. The Cotton Board shall promptly pay the proceeds of any such revenue-producing activities into the Fund.\n\t\tInterest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the Cotton Board on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by a duly authorized officer of the Cotton Board.\n\t\tThe Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit all the accounts of the Cotton Board as provided in \u00a7 30-133.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14274,"edition_id":1,"name":"Cotton Board","identifier":"15","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12795,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:34","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:34","permalink":{"id":194573,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14274,"identifier":"15","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15","url":"\/3.2\/II\/B\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12795,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commodity Boards","identifier":"B","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12794,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":194393,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12795,"identifier":"B","token":"3.2\/II\/B","url":"\/3.2\/II\/B\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12794,"edition_id":1,"name":"Boards, Councils, Foundations, and Commissions","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":194359,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12794,"identifier":"II","token":"3.2\/II","url":"\/3.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12793,"edition_id":1,"name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":193939,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12793,"identifier":"3.2","token":"3.2","url":"\/3.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":69523,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1500","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-1500\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1500","metadata":false},{"id":71569,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1501","catch_line":"Cotton Board; composition and appointment of members","url":"\/3.2-1501\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1501","metadata":false},{"id":64936,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1502","catch_line":"Cotton Board membership terms","url":"\/3.2-1502\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1502","metadata":false},{"id":59253,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1503","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/3.2-1503\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1503","metadata":false},{"id":61756,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1504","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Cotton Board","url":"\/3.2-1504\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1504","metadata":false},{"id":64234,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1505","catch_line":"Referenda","url":"\/3.2-1505\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1505","metadata":false},{"id":55536,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1506","catch_line":"Management of referenda; Commissioner's duties; notice","url":"\/3.2-1506\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1506","metadata":false},{"id":86876,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1507","catch_line":"Questions to be printed on ballots","url":"\/3.2-1507\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1507","metadata":false},{"id":84514,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1508","catch_line":"Persons eligible to vote","url":"\/3.2-1508\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1508","metadata":false},{"id":86722,"structure_id":14274,"section_number":"3.2-1509","catch_line":"Referenda results; 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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 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57766,"section_number":"3.2-1100","catch_line":"Diversion of dedicated revenues","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1100\/"},{"id":86722,"section_number":"3.2-1509","catch_line":"Referenda results; action of Governor","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1509\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64088,"section_number":"3.2-1512","catch_line":"Collection and disposition of assessment by handler; reports","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1512\/"},{"id":78041,"section_number":"30-133","catch_line":"Duties and powers generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-133\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194619,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65865,"identifier":"3.2-1511","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1511","url":"\/3.2-1511\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1511\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/15\/3.2-1511","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Cotton Fund established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> Fund, hereafter referred to as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All <span class=\"dictionary\">assessments<\/span> paid pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Collection and disposition of assessment by handler; reports\" href=\"\/3.2-1512\/\">3.2-1512<\/a> shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, to help defray the costs of <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> programs, may sell printed <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span>, rent exhibit space at meetings, and engage in any revenue-producing activity related to research, education, and promotion of the growth and use of <span class=\"dictionary\">cotton<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall promptly pay the proceeds of any such revenue-producing activities into the Fund.\n\t\tInterest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by a duly authorized officer of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit all the accounts of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Cotton<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Duties and powers generally\" href=\"\/30-133\/\">30-133<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA COTTON FUND ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 3.2-1511)\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be\nknown as the Virginia Cotton Fund, hereafter referred to as &#8220;the\nFund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All\nassessments paid pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-1512 shall be paid into the state treasury\nand credited to the Fund.\n\t\tThe Cotton Board, to help defray the costs of Cotton Board programs, may sell\nprinted materials, rent exhibit space at meetings, and engage in any\nrevenue-producing activity related to research, education, and promotion of the\ngrowth and use of cotton. The Cotton Board shall promptly pay the proceeds of\nany such revenue-producing activities into the Fund.\n\t\tInterest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited\nto it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end\nof each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the\nFund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of carrying out\nthe provisions of this chapter. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund\nshall be made by the Cotton Board on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon\nwritten request signed by a duly authorized officer of the Cotton Board.\n\t\tThe Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit all the accounts of the Cotton\nBoard as provided in \u00a7 30-133.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 873, \u00a7 3.1-1101; 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}}