                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MANAGEMENT OF REFERENDA; COMMISSIONER&#8217;S DUTIES; NOTICE (§ 3.2-2306)

A. The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted under
this chapter.

B. 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. 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. The 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. The 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.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 431, §§ 3.1-684.4, 3.1-684.7, 3.1-684.8; 2008, c. 860.