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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0497\">497<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0588\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70944,"section_number":"3.2-1713","catch_line":"Petition for referendum on question of assessment; action of Board and Commissioner; amount of assessment","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1713\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194741,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78929,"identifier":"3.2-1715","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/3\/3.2-1715","url":"\/3.2-1715\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1715\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/3\/3.2-1715","dublin_core":{"Title":"Question to be printed on ballots","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1715","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The question to be printed on the ballots used in the initial <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> held pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Petition for referendum on question of assessment; action of Board and Commissioner; amount of assessment\" href=\"\/3.2-1713\/\">3.2-1713<\/a>, shall be as follows:\n\t\t&#8220;Do you favor additional market development, education, publicity, research, and promotion of the Virginia equine industry and the <span class=\"dictionary\">levy<\/span> of an assessment of $3 per ton or $0.075 per 50-pound bag of <span class=\"dictionary\">manufactured equine feed<\/span> sold in the Commonwealth of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of the Horse Industry <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>?\n\t\t_____ Yes\n\t\t_____ No.&#8221;<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUESTION TO BE PRINTED ON BALLOTS (\u00a7 3.2-1715)\n\nThe question to be printed on the ballots used in the initial referendum held\npursuant to \u00a7 3.2-1713, shall be as follows:\n\t\t&#8220;Do you favor additional market development, education, publicity,\nresearch, and promotion of the Virginia equine industry and the levy of an\nassessment of $3 per ton or $0.075 per 50-pound bag of manufactured equine feed\nsold in the Commonwealth of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of the\nHorse Industry Board law?\n\t\t_____ Yes\n\t\t_____ No.&#8221;\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 497, 588, \u00a7 3.1-22.70; 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}}