§ 3.2-2304. Powers and duties of Soybean Board
A. The Soybean Board shall have charge of the management and expenditure of the Virginia Soybean Fund established in the state treasury. B. The Soybean Board may expend funds to provide for programs of research, education, publicity, and the promotion of the sale and use of soybeans; to manage the funds so as to accumulate […]
§ 3.2-2305. Referenda
Every five years from the date of the imposition of the tax assessment on soybeans, another referendum shall be held to determine whether the assessment for research, education, publicity, and promotion of the sale and use of soybeans shall be continued. The Board, upon petition by a group of soybean producers representing at least 33 […]
§ 3.2-2306. Management of referenda; Commissioner’s duties; notice
A. The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted under this chapter. 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 soybeans are produced. The clerk of the court shall post the […]
§ 3.2-2307. Question to be printed on ballots
The question to be printed on the ballots used in a referendum held pursuant to this chapter shall be as follows: “Do you favor additional research, education, publicity and the promotion of the sale and use of soybeans and the continuation of the levy of an assessment of two cents ($0.02) per bushel in accordance […]
§ 3.2-2308. Persons eligible to vote
Each producer who sold soybeans during the past three years next preceding the date of the referendum held pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible to vote in such referendum, provided that he shall so certify on forms that shall be prepared by the Board. Any person meeting such requirements shall be eligible to vote […]
§ 3.2-2208. Persons eligible to vote
Each producer who sold small grains in two of the past three years next preceding the date of the referendum held pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible to vote in the referendum, provided that he shall certify sale and point of sale on forms approved by the Board. Any person meeting such requirements shall […]
§ 3.2-2209. Referenda results; action of Governor
If the Governor finds any referendum in order and that at least a simple majority of those voting are in opposition to the continuation of the assessment on small grains, he shall so proclaim and upon such proclamation the assessment on small grains will be discontinued. If the Governor finds that at least a simple […]
§ 3.2-2210. Production areas designated
The following production areas are designated for the purposes of this chapter: Area I: the Counties of Accomack and Northampton; City of Virginia Beach; Area II: the Counties of Stafford, King George, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Richmond, and Lancaster; Area III: the Counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Essex, Middlesex, Mathews, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, and Orange; […]
§ 3.2-2211. Virginia Small Grains Fund established
There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Small Grains Fund, hereafter referred to as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys levied and collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the state […]
§ 3.2-2212. Collection and disposition of assessment by handler; reports
A. Every handler shall deduct from payments made to the producer for small grains the amount of the assessment levied thereon and shall remit such assessment to the Tax Commissioner pursuant to this chapter. B. A report to the Tax Commissioner shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the Tax Commissioner; shall be a […]