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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, at least 60 days prior to the holding of any referendum under this chapter, give general notice of the referendum in a newspaper of general circulation in Richmond, Virginia, and send a notice of the referendum to a newspaper of general circulation for each area where small grains are produced.\n\t\t\tThe notice shall contain the date, hours, polling place, and method of voting in such referendum, the amount of assessment to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected, the general purposes for which 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 thereof and certify the same to the Governor and the Board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":299304,"text":"The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted pursuant to 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":299305,"text":"The Commissioner shall, 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 small grains are produced. 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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 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 1992, chapter 776; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195041,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83521,"identifier":"3.2-2206","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/22\/3.2-2206","url":"\/3.2-2206\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2206\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/22\/3.2-2206","dublin_core":{"Title":"Management of referenda; Commissioner’s duties; notice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall arrange for and manage any referendum<\/span> conducted pursuant to 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, 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 small grains<\/span> are produced. 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, at least 60 days prior to the holding of any referendum<\/span> under this chapter, give general notice of the referendum<\/span> in a newspaper of general circulation in Richmond, Virginia, and send a notice of the referendum<\/span> to a newspaper of general circulation for each area where small grains<\/span> are produced.\n\t\t\tThe notice shall contain the date, hours, polling place, and method of voting in such referendum<\/span>, the amount of assessment to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected, the general purposes for which 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 thereof 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 3.2-2206)\n\nA. The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted\npursuant to this chapter, and shall, under regulations adopted by the Board,\narrange for the use of polling places if necessary.\n\nB. The Commissioner shall, 60 days before the date upon which a referendum is to\nbe held, mail notice to the clerk of the circuit court in each locality where\nsmall grains are produced. The clerk of the circuit court shall post the notice\nand regulations on the front door or public bulletin board of the courthouse and\ncertify the posting to the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall, at least 60\ndays prior to the holding of any referendum under this chapter, give general\nnotice of the referendum in a newspaper of general circulation in Richmond,\nVirginia, and send a notice of the referendum to a newspaper of general\ncirculation for each area where small grains are produced.\n\t\t\tThe notice shall contain the date, hours, polling place, and method of voting\nin such referendum, the amount of assessment to be collected, the means by which\nsuch assessment shall be collected, the general purposes for which 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 thereof and certify the same to the Governor and\nthe Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 587, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-684.43, 3.1-684.46, 3.1-684.47; 1992, c. 776;\n2008, 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}}