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The clerk of the court shall post the notice on the front door or public bulletin board of the courthouse and certify the posting to the Commissioner. The Board shall publish notice of the referendum in each newspaper of general circulation in the counties where the referendum is to be held at least 60 days before the holding of any referendum under this chapter. The notice shall contain the date, hours, and polling places or other ways for voting in such referendum, the amount of the assessment to be collected, the sources thereof, the means by which the sum shall be collected, and the general purposes for how the funds will be used.C\n\nThe Commissioner shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum all necessary ballots, certificates, and supplies required for the referendum and shall, under regulations adopted by the Board, arrange for the use of polling places, if necessary.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":219351,"text":"The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted under this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":219352,"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 soybeans are produced. 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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 431 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 1970 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":195103,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59881,"identifier":"3.2-2306","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/23\/3.2-2306","url":"\/3.2-2306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2306\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/23\/3.2-2306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Management of referenda; Commissioner’s duties; notice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2306","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 under this chapter. <\/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 soybeans are produced. The clerk of the court<\/span> shall post the notice on the front door or public bulletin board<\/span> of the courthouse and certify the posting to the Commissioner<\/span>. The Board<\/span> shall publish notice of the referendum<\/span> in each newspaper of general circulation in the counties where the referendum<\/span> is to be held at least 60 days before the holding of any referendum<\/span> under this chapter. The notice shall contain the date, hours, and polling places or other ways for voting in such referendum<\/span>, the amount of the assessment to be collected, the sources thereof, the means by which the sum shall be collected, and the general purposes for how the funds will be used. <\/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> 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

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 3.2-2306)\n\nA. The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted under\nthis chapter.\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\nsoybeans are produced. The clerk of the court shall post the notice on the front\ndoor or public bulletin board of the courthouse and certify the posting to the\nCommissioner. The Board shall publish notice of the referendum in each newspaper\nof general circulation in the counties where the referendum is to be held at\nleast 60 days before the holding of any referendum under this chapter. The\nnotice shall contain the date, hours, and polling places or other ways for\nvoting in such referendum, the amount of the assessment to be collected, the\nsources thereof, the means by which the sum shall be collected, and the general\npurposes for how the funds will be used.\n\nC. The Commissioner shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum\nall necessary ballots, certificates, and supplies required for the referendum\nand shall, under regulations adopted by the Board, arrange for the use of\npolling places, if necessary.\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: 1970, c. 431, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-684.4, 3.1-684.7, 3.1-684.8; 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}}