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The person assessed shall obtain a receipt signed by the purchaser for each payment, and promptly forward the receipt to the Commissioner. The person whose name appears on the label of the violative lot of liming material shall pay the assessment for variance from guarantee within 60 days from date of notice to the person assessed. If the purchaser cannot be found, or if the amount due any one purchaser is less than one dollar ($1.00), the person whose name appears on the label of the violative lot of liming material shall pay the assessment for variance from guaranty to the Commissioner, who shall deposit the same in the state treasury, and report to the State Comptroller, who shall credit the same to the Sale of Substandard Liming Material Fund, which fund is hereby created. The fund shall be a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury, to be disbursed as provided in subsection D.D\n\nSuch funds as shall thereafter be found to be payable to the purchasers of lots of liming material on which the assessments for variance from guaranty were made shall be paid from the Sale of Substandard Liming Material Fund on order of the Commissioner. The State Comptroller shall transfer any balance remaining in such Fund for a period of 90 days to the credit of the fund specified in § 3.2-3710.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":257358,"text":"Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $200 to be enforced by a summary proceeding in an appropriate court.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":257359,"text":"The Commissioner shall make an assessment for variance from guarantee in accordance with the regulations established by the Board, not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence, when any shipment of liming material that the Commissioner samples and upon analysis, fails to meet the guarantee for chemicals, neutralizing value, or screen size.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":257360,"text":"The person whose name appears on the label of the violative lot of liming material shall pay the assessment for variance from guarantee assessed by the Commissioner. The person assessed shall obtain a receipt signed by the purchaser for each payment, and promptly forward the receipt to the Commissioner. The person whose name appears on the label of the violative lot of liming material shall pay the assessment for variance from guarantee within 60 days from date of notice to the person assessed. If the purchaser cannot be found, or if the amount due any one purchaser is less than one dollar ($1.00), the person whose name appears on the label of the violative lot of liming material shall pay the assessment for variance from guaranty to the Commissioner, who shall deposit the same in the state treasury, and report to the State Comptroller, who shall credit the same to the Sale of Substandard Liming Material Fund, which fund is hereby created. 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647 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 1974 \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 1994, chapter 649<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74867,"section_number":"3.2-3710","catch_line":"Disposition of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3710\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":74867,"section_number":"3.2-3710","catch_line":"Disposition of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3710\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195775,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71383,"identifier":"3.2-3709","token":"3.2\/III\/37\/3.2-3709","url":"\/3.2-3709\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3709\/","token":"3.2\/III\/37\/3.2-3709","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assessments for violations of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3709","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder shall be subject to a penalty<\/span> of not less than $25 nor more than $200 to be enforced by a summary proceeding in an appropriate court<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall make an assessment for variance from guarantee in accordance with the regulations established by the Board<\/span>, not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence, when any shipment of liming material<\/span> that the Commissioner<\/span> samples and upon analysis, fails to meet the guarantee for chemicals, neutralizing value, or screen size. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The person whose name appears on the label<\/span> of the violative lot of liming material<\/span> shall pay the assessment for variance from guarantee assessed by the Commissioner<\/span>. The person assessed shall obtain a receipt signed by the purchaser for each payment, and promptly forward the receipt to the Commissioner<\/span>. The person whose name appears on the label<\/span> of the violative lot of liming material<\/span> shall pay the assessment for variance from guarantee within 60 days from date of notice to the person assessed. If the purchaser cannot be found, or if the amount due any one purchaser is less than one dollar ($1.00), the person whose name appears on the label<\/span> of the violative lot of liming material<\/span> shall pay the assessment for variance from guaranty to the Commissioner<\/span>, who shall deposit the same in the state treasury, and report to the State Comptroller, who shall credit the same to the Sale of Substandard Liming Material<\/span> Fund, which fund is hereby created. The fund shall be a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury, to be disbursed as provided in subsection D. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Such funds as shall thereafter be found to be payable to the purchasers of lots of liming material<\/span> on which the assessments for variance from guaranty were made shall be paid from the Sale of Substandard Liming Material<\/span> Fund on order<\/span> of the Commissioner<\/span>. The State Comptroller shall transfer any balance remaining in such Fund for a period of 90 days to the credit of the fund specified in § 3.2-3710<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSESSMENTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 3.2-3709)\n\nA. Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or the\nregulations adopted hereunder shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $25\nnor more than $200 to be enforced by a summary proceeding in an appropriate\ncourt.\n\nB. The Commissioner shall make an assessment for variance from guarantee in\naccordance with the regulations established by the Board, not to exceed $5,000\nper occurrence, when any shipment of liming material that the Commissioner\nsamples and upon analysis, fails to meet the guarantee for chemicals,\nneutralizing value, or screen size.\n\nC. The person whose name appears on the label of the violative lot of liming\nmaterial shall pay the assessment for variance from guarantee assessed by the\nCommissioner. The person assessed shall obtain a receipt signed by the purchaser\nfor each payment, and promptly forward the receipt to the Commissioner. The\nperson whose name appears on the label of the violative lot of liming material\nshall pay the assessment for variance from guarantee within 60 days from date of\nnotice to the person assessed. If the purchaser cannot be found, or if the\namount due any one purchaser is less than one dollar ($1.00), the person whose\nname appears on the label of the violative lot of liming material shall pay the\nassessment for variance from guaranty to the Commissioner, who shall deposit the\nsame in the state treasury, and report to the State Comptroller, who shall\ncredit the same to the Sale of Substandard Liming Material Fund, which fund is\nhereby created. The fund shall be a special nonreverting fund in the state\ntreasury, to be disbursed as provided in subsection D.\n\nD. Such funds as shall thereafter be found to be payable to the purchasers of\nlots of liming material on which the assessments for variance from guaranty were\nmade shall be paid from the Sale of Substandard Liming Material Fund on order of\nthe Commissioner. The State Comptroller shall transfer any balance remaining in\nsuch Fund for a period of 90 days to the credit of the fund specified in §\n3.2-3710.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 647, \u00a7 3.1-126.8; 1994, c. 649; 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}}