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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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":[{"id":59220,"section_number":"3.2-112","catch_line":"Regulations governing the conduct of referenda","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-112\/"},{"id":71935,"section_number":"3.2-2211","catch_line":"Virginia Small Grains Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-2211\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195037,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71046,"identifier":"3.2-2205","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/22\/3.2-2205","url":"\/3.2-2205\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2205\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/22\/3.2-2205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Referenda","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span>, upon petition<\/span> by a group of small grains<\/span> producers<\/span> representing at least 10 percent of the number of producers<\/span>, as determined by the Commissioner<\/span>, may provide for a referendum<\/span> on the continuation of the assessment. The Board<\/span> shall not act on such a petition<\/span> for conducting such a referendum<\/span> until at least five years have passed since the last referendum<\/span>. If the Governor determines that a simple majority is not in favor of the assessment, the Board<\/span> shall hold no new referendum<\/span> for at least one year after the Governor has declared his findings<\/span>, but at the expiration of one year and upon petition<\/span> by 10 percent of the Commonwealth’s small grains<\/span> producers<\/span> that voted in the most recent referendum<\/span>, the Board<\/span> may provide for a referendum<\/span>. The cost of conducting any referendum<\/span> under this section shall be paid from funds paid into the Virginia Small Grains<\/span> Fund as defined in \u00a7 3.2-2211<\/a>. 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 3.2-2205)\n\nThe Board, upon petition by a group of small grains producers representing at\nleast 10 percent of the number of producers, as determined by the Commissioner,\nmay provide for a referendum on the continuation of the assessment. The Board\nshall not act on such a petition for conducting such a referendum until at least\nfive years have passed since the last referendum. If the Governor determines\nthat a simple majority is not in favor of the assessment, the Board shall hold\nno new referendum for at least one year after the Governor has declared his\nfindings, but at the expiration of one year and upon petition by 10 percent of\nthe Commonwealth’s small grains producers that voted in the most recent\nreferendum, the Board may provide for a referendum. The cost of conducting any\nreferendum under this section shall be paid from funds paid into the Virginia\nSmall Grains Fund as defined in \u00a7 3.2-2211. The Board shall adopt regulations\ngoverning the conduct of referenda pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-112.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 587, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-684.45, 3.1-684.50; 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}}