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The clerk of the circuit court shall post the notice and regulations on the front door or public bulletin board of the courthouse and certify the posting to the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall also give general notice of the referendum in a newspaper of general circulation in Richmond, Virginia, and shall send a notice of the referendum to a newspaper of general circulation in each area where members of the sheep industry reside, at least 60 days prior to the holding of any referendum under this chapter.\n\t\t\tThe notice shall contain the date, hours, voting places, and methods of voting in the referendum; the amount of assessment to be collected, means by which such assessment will be collected, and general purposes for how the assessments will be used; and the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to § 3.2-112.C\n\nThe Commissioner shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum all necessary ballots, certificates, and supplies required for the referendum.D\n\nThe Commissioner shall within 10 days after the referendum, canvass and publicly declare the results of the referendum, and certify the same to the Governor and the Board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":299024,"text":"The Commissioner shall manage any referendum conducted under this chapter, and shall, under regulations adopted by the Board, arrange for the use of polling places, if necessary.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":299025,"text":"The Commissioner shall, at least 60 days before the date upon which a referendum is to be held, mail notice to the clerk of the circuit court in each locality where those eligible to vote in the referendum reside. 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The Commissioner shall also give general notice of the referendum in a newspaper of general circulation in Richmond, Virginia, and shall send a notice of the referendum to a newspaper of general circulation in each area where members of the sheep industry reside, at least 60 days prior to the holding of any referendum under this chapter.\n\t\t\tThe notice shall contain the date, hours, voting places, and methods of voting in the referendum; the amount of assessment to be collected, means by which such assessment will be collected, and general purposes for how the assessments will be used; and the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to § 3.2-112.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":299026,"text":"The Commissioner shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum all necessary ballots, certificates, and supplies required for the referendum.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":299027,"text":"The Commissioner shall within 10 days after the referendum, canvass and publicly declare the results of the referendum, and certify the same to the Governor and the Board.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13867,"edition_id":1,"name":"Sheep Industry Board","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12795,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:07","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:07","permalink":{"id":194957,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13867,"identifier":"21","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/21","url":"\/3.2\/II\/B\/21\/","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":70530,"structure_id":13867,"section_number":"3.2-2100","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-2100\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/21\/3.2-2100","metadata":false},{"id":66047,"structure_id":13867,"section_number":"3.2-2101","catch_line":"Sheep Industry Board; 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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 691<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194979,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83449,"identifier":"3.2-2106","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/21\/3.2-2106","url":"\/3.2-2106\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2106\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/21\/3.2-2106","dublin_core":{"Title":"Management of referenda; Commissioner’s duties; notice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall manage any referendum<\/span> conducted under this chapter, and shall, under regulations adopted by the Board<\/span>, arrange for the use of polling places, if necessary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall, at least 60 days before the date upon which a referendum<\/span> is to be held, mail notice to the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in each locality where those eligible to vote in the referendum<\/span> reside. The clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> shall post the notice and regulations on the front door or public bulletin board<\/span> of the courthouse and certify the posting to the Commissioner<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span> shall also give general notice of the referendum<\/span> in a newspaper of general circulation in Richmond, Virginia, and shall send a notice of the referendum<\/span> to a newspaper of general circulation in each area where members of the sheep<\/span> industry reside, at least 60 days prior to the holding of any referendum<\/span> under this chapter.\n\t\t\tThe notice shall contain the date, hours, voting places, and methods of voting in the referendum<\/span>; the amount of assessment to be collected, means by which such assessment will be collected, and general purposes for how the assessments will be used; and the regulations adopted by the Board<\/span> pursuant to § 3.2-112<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum<\/span> all necessary ballots, certificates, and supplies required for the referendum<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall within 10 days after the referendum<\/span>, canvass and publicly declare the results of the referendum<\/span>, and certify the same to the Governor and the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMANAGEMENT OF REFERENDA; COMMISSIONER’S DUTIES; NOTICE (\u00a7 3.2-2106)\n\nA. The Commissioner shall manage any referendum conducted under this chapter,\nand shall, under regulations adopted by the Board, arrange for the use of\npolling places, if necessary.\n\nB. The Commissioner shall, at least 60 days before the date upon which a\nreferendum is to be held, mail notice to the clerk of the circuit court in each\nlocality where those eligible to vote in the referendum reside. The clerk of the\ncircuit court shall post the notice and regulations on the front door or public\nbulletin board of the courthouse and certify the posting to the Commissioner.\nThe Commissioner shall also give general notice of the referendum in a newspaper\nof general circulation in Richmond, Virginia, and shall send a notice of the\nreferendum to a newspaper of general circulation in each area where members of\nthe sheep industry reside, at least 60 days prior to the holding of any\nreferendum under this chapter.\n\t\t\tThe notice shall contain the date, hours, voting places, and methods of\nvoting in the referendum; the amount of assessment to be collected, means by\nwhich such assessment will be collected, and general purposes for how the\nassessments will be used; and the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to\n§ 3.2-112.\n\nC. The Commissioner shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum\nall necessary ballots, certificates, and supplies required for the referendum.\n\nD. The Commissioner shall within 10 days after the referendum, canvass and\npublicly declare the results of the referendum, and certify the same to the\nGovernor and the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 691, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-1069, 3.1-1070; 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}}