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The cost of conducting any referendum as prescribed in this article shall be paid from funds paid into the Virginia Potato Fund. The Board shall adopt regulations governing the conduct of referenda pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-112.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":232701,"text":"Upon a petition, or its own motion, or that of an interested person properly made, the Board may hold a referendum on the continuance of the tax. If a petition is not presented to the Board or the Board is not otherwise advised, the tax to support additional research and promotion of potatoes shall continue to be levied and collected as provided for in this article. The cost of conducting any referendum as prescribed in this article shall be paid from funds paid into the Virginia Potato Fund. 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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 126 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194799,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63888,"identifier":"3.2-1805","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/18\/2\/3.2-1805","url":"\/3.2-1805\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1805\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/18\/2\/3.2-1805","dublin_core":{"Title":"Referenda","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1805","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon a petition<\/span>, or its own motion<\/span>, or that of an interested person properly made, the Board<\/span> may hold a referendum<\/span> on the continuance<\/span> of the tax. If a petition<\/span> is not presented to the Board<\/span> or the Board<\/span> is not otherwise advised, the tax to support additional research and promotion of potatoes<\/span> shall continue to be levied and collected as provided for in this article. The cost of conducting any referendum<\/span> as prescribed in this article shall be paid from funds paid into the Virginia Potato Fund. 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 3.2-1805)\n\nUpon a petition, or its own motion, or that of an interested person properly\nmade, the Board may hold a referendum on the continuance of the tax. If a\npetition is not presented to the Board or the Board is not otherwise advised,\nthe tax to support additional research and promotion of potatoes shall continue\nto be levied and collected as provided for in this article. The cost of\nconducting any referendum as prescribed in this article shall be paid from funds\npaid into the Virginia Potato Fund. The Board shall adopt regulations governing\nthe conduct of referenda pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-112.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 126, \u00a7 3.1-684.30; 2008, c. 860; 2012, cc. 803, 835.","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}}