                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFERENDA (§ 3.2-2205)

The Board, upon petition by a group of small grains producers representing at
least 10 percent of the number of producers, as determined by the Commissioner,
may provide for a referendum on the continuation of the assessment. The Board
shall not act on such a petition for conducting such a referendum until at least
five years have passed since the last referendum. If the Governor determines
that a simple majority is not in favor of the assessment, the Board shall hold
no new referendum for at least one year after the Governor has declared his
findings, but at the expiration of one year and upon petition by 10 percent of
the Commonwealth&#8217;s small grains producers that voted in the most recent
referendum, the Board may provide for a referendum. The cost of conducting any
referendum under this section shall be paid from funds paid into the Virginia
Small Grains Fund as defined in § 3.2-2211. The Board shall adopt regulations
governing the conduct of referenda pursuant to § 3.2-112.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 587, §§ 3.1-684.45, 3.1-684.50; 2008, c. 860.