                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MANAGEMENT OF REFERENDA; COMMISSIONER&#8217;S DUTIES; NOTICE (§ 3.2-2206)

A. The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted
pursuant to this chapter, and shall, under regulations adopted by the Board,
arrange for the use of polling places if necessary.

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
small grains are produced. The clerk of the circuit court shall post the notice
and regulations on the front door or public bulletin board of the courthouse and
certify the posting to the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall, at least 60
days prior to the holding of any referendum under this chapter, give general
notice of the referendum in a newspaper of general circulation in Richmond,
Virginia, and send a notice of the referendum to a newspaper of general
circulation for each area where small grains are produced.
			The notice shall contain the date, hours, polling place, and method of voting
in such referendum, the amount of assessment to be collected, the means by which
such assessment shall be collected, the general purposes for which the
assessments will be used, and the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to
&#xA7; 3.2-112.

C. The Commissioner shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum
all necessary ballots, certificates, and supplies required for the referendum.

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: 1991, c. 587, §§ 3.1-684.43, 3.1-684.46, 3.1-684.47; 1992, c. 776;
2008, c. 860.