Code of Virginia - Title 3.2 Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food - Chapter 18 Potato Board

3.2-1800 (Effective October 1, 2008) Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Handler" means any person who is a processor, dealer, shipper, or exporter who ...

3.2-1801 (Effective October 1, 2008) Potato Board; composition and appointment of members.
The Potato Board, established by the passage of a 1994 referendum held pursuant to Chapter 126 of the 1982 Acts of Assembly, is continued within ...

3.2-1802 (Effective October 1, 2008) Potato Board membership terms.
The terms for appointments to the Potato Board shall be four years. The Governor shall fill any vacancy occurring before the expiration of any term ...

3.2-1803 (Effective October 1, 2008) Potato Board officers and compensation.
A. The Potato Board shall elect a chairman and such other officers as deemed appropriate. B. Members of the Potato Board may be reimbursed for ...

3.2-1804 (Effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of the Potato Board.
A. The Potato Board shall have charge of the management and expenditures of the Virginia Potato Fund established in the state treasury. B. The Potato ...

3.2-1805 (Effective October 1, 2008) Referenda.
Upon a petition, or its own motion, or that of an interested person properly made, the Board may hold a referendum on the continuance of ...

3.2-1806 (Effective October 1, 2008) Management of referenda; Commissioner's duties; notice.
A. The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted pursuant to this chapter. B. The Commissioner shall, at least 60 days before the ...

3.2-1807 (Effective October 1, 2008) Question to be printed on ballots.
The question to be printed on the ballots used in a referendum pursuant to this chapter shall be as follows: "Do you favor additional research, ...

3.2-1808 (Effective October 1, 2008) Persons eligible to vote.
Each producer in the Commonwealth who produced 40,000 pounds of potatoes during the year next preceding the date of the referendum held pursuant to this ...

3.2-1809 (Effective October 1, 2008) Referenda results; action of Governor.
The Governor shall examine all matters relating to the referendum and whether a majority of the producers voting expressed a desire for additional research, education, ...

3.2-1810 (Effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Potato Fund established.
There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Potato Fund, hereafter referred to as "the ...

3.2-1811 (Effective October 1, 2008) Collection and disposition of tax by handler; reports.
A. Every handler who purchases from a producer shall deduct, from payments made to the producer for any potatoes, a tax of two cents ($0.02) ...

3.2-1812 (Effective October 1, 2008) Collection of delinquent tax; civil action.
The tax imposed under the provisions of this chapter and unpaid on the date when due shall bear interest at a rate determined in accordance ...

3.2-1813 (Effective October 1, 2008) Records to be kept by handlers.
Every handler shall keep a complete record of the potatoes subject to the provisions of this chapter that have been packed, processed, or handled by ...

3.2-1814 (Effective October 1, 2008) Falsification of records; misdemeanor.
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor: 1. For any handler knowingly to report falsely to the Commissioner the quantity of potatoes processed or handled by ...

3.2-1815 (Effective October 1, 2008) Licenses.
The Commissioner shall revoke the produce dealer or commission merchant license of any handler who fails to report, pay the tax, or perform any other ...