                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MANAGEMENT OF REFERENDA; COMMISSIONER&#8217;S DUTIES; NOTICE (§ 3.2-1806)

A. The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted
pursuant to this article.

B. The Commissioner shall, at least 60 days before the referendum is to be held,
mail notice to the clerk of the circuit court in each locality where producers
are located.
			The clerk of the circuit court shall post the notice and the regulations on
the front door or public bulletin board of the courthouse and certify the
posting to the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall give notice of the
referendum in a newspaper of general circulation in Richmond, Virginia, and
shall send a notice of the referendum to a newspaper of general circulation in
each locality where producers are located at least 60 days prior to the holding
of any referendum pursuant to the provisions of this article. The notice shall
contain the date, hours, voting places, and method of voting in the referendum,
the amount of tax to be collected, the means by which the tax shall be
collected, the general purposes for how the taxes will be used, and the
regulations adopted by the Board hereunder.

C. The Commissioner, with the assistance of the petitioners, shall prepare and
distribute in advance of the referendum all necessary ballots and supplies
required for the referendum and shall under regulations adopted by the Board and
with the assistance of the petitioners and the Extension Service arrange for the
necessary polling places.

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: 1982, c. 126, §§ 3.1-684.23, 3.1-684.26, 3.1-684.27; 2008, c. 860;
2012, cc. 803, 835.