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If approved in the referendum authorized by this section, an assessment of $3 per ton or $0.075 per 50-pound bag of manufactured equine feed shall be established. 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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 497<\/a> and 588<\/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":78929,"section_number":"3.2-1715","catch_line":"Question to be printed on ballots","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1715\/"}],"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":59017,"section_number":"3.2-1705","catch_line":"Management of referenda; Commissioner's duties; notice","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1705\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194733,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70944,"identifier":"3.2-1713","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/3\/3.2-1713","url":"\/3.2-1713\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1713\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/3\/3.2-1713","dublin_core":{"Title":"Petition for referendum on question of assessment; action of Board and Commissioner; amount of assessment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1713","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span>, upon a joint petition<\/span> requesting a referendum<\/span> being filed with it by at least three of the following: the Virginia Horse Council, Inc., the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, the Virginia Horse Shows Association, the Virginia Quarter Horse Association, the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, or the Virginia Agribusiness Council, and upon finding<\/span> that sufficient interest exists among the members of the equine owners in the Commonwealth to justify a referendum<\/span>, shall authorize the holding of a referendum<\/span> as set forth in this article.\n\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> shall thereupon be fully empowered and directed to hold and conduct a referendum<\/span>, in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 3.2-112<\/a> and 3.2-1705<\/a>, on the question of whether or not equine owners in the Commonwealth are of the opinion<\/span> that additional market development, education, publicity, research, and promotion of the equine industry are required. If approved in the referendum<\/span> authorized by this section, an assessment of $3 per ton or $0.075 per 50-pound bag of manufactured equine feed<\/span> shall be established. The cost of conducting a referendum<\/span> under this section shall be paid from the Virginia Horse Industry Promotion and Development Fund.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPETITION FOR REFERENDUM ON QUESTION OF ASSESSMENT; ACTION OF BOARD AND\nCOMMISSIONER; AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENT (\u00a7 3.2-1713)\n\nThe Board, upon a joint petition requesting a referendum being filed with it by\nat least three of the following: the Virginia Horse Council, Inc., the Virginia\nThoroughbred Association, the Virginia Horse Shows Association, the Virginia\nQuarter Horse Association, the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, or the Virginia\nAgribusiness Council, and upon finding that sufficient interest exists among the\nmembers of the equine owners in the Commonwealth to justify a referendum, shall\nauthorize the holding of a referendum as set forth in this article.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall thereupon be fully empowered and directed to hold and\nconduct a referendum, in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 3.2-112 and\n3.2-1705, on the question of whether or not equine owners in the Commonwealth\nare of the opinion that additional market development, education, publicity,\nresearch, and promotion of the equine industry are required. If approved in the\nreferendum authorized by this section, an assessment of $3 per ton or $0.075 per\n50-pound bag of manufactured equine feed shall be established. The cost of\nconducting a referendum under this section shall be paid from the Virginia Horse\nIndustry Promotion and Development Fund.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 497, 588, \u00a7 3.1-22.68; 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}}