                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COLLECTION AND DISPOSITION OF ASSESSMENT BY HANDLER; REPORTS (§ 3.2-2312)

A. Every handler shall deduct from payments made to the producer for soybeans an
assessment at a rate of one half of one percent of the net market price per
bushel and shall remit such assessment to the Tax Commissioner pursuant to this
chapter. The handler shall also deduct from payments made to the producer for
soybeans any national assessment that shall be approved under federal law to
supersede the state law and shall remit such assessment to the Tax Commissioner
pursuant to this chapter. The Tax Commissioner shall provide to the Soybean
Board copies of excise tax returns and other information as may be necessary for
the Soybean Board to comply with Virginia and federal soybean assessment
programs.

B. A report to the Tax Commissioner shall be on forms prescribed and furnished
by the Tax Commissioner, and shall be a statement of the gross volume of
soybeans handled by the handler and shall be filed with the Tax Commissioner by
the date or dates as set forth by the Tax Commissioner covering soybeans handled
during the preceding period, as set forth by the Tax Commissioner. The Tax
Commissioner shall set forth the filing date or dates for reports and
assessments and the period or periods to be covered after consultation with the
Virginia Soybean Association and Soybean Board. The assessment levied on
soybeans shall be due by the handler on the same day as the report is due. The
assessment shall be paid to the Tax Commissioner and be promptly paid into the
state treasury to the credit of the Virginia Soybean Fund.

C. Any assessment that is not paid when due shall be collected pursuant to
&#xA7; 3.2-1102.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 431, § 3.1-684.14; 1982, c. 603; 1987, c. 476; 1990, c. 183;
1992, c. 124; 2008, c. 860; 2024, c. 149.