                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFERENDUM ON QUESTION OF LEVYING APPLE EXCISE TAX (§ 3.2-1208)

The Board shall authorize the holding of a referendum as set forth in this
article. The Commissioner shall be fully empowered and directed to hold and
conduct a referendum on the question of whether or not the producers of apples
in the Commonwealth are willing to pay an excise tax on apples to support
additional research, education, publicity, and industry development of the apple
industry. The amount of tax to be voted upon in the referendum shall be 2.5
cents ($0.025) per tree run bushel of apples grown by producers in the
Commonwealth. The cost of conducting a referendum under this section shall be
paid by the Virginia State Horticultural Society.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 864, 875, § 3.1-636.1; 2008, c. 860.