Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Chapter 44 Virginia Cotton Board

3.1-1081 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Agriculture Board" means the Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "Assessment" means ...

3.1-1082 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Declaration of public interest
Subject to the provisions of § 3.1-1090, the General Assembly hereby declares it to be in the public interest that producers be permitted to express ...

3.1-1083 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Petition for referendum on question of levying an assessment; ...
The Agriculture Board, upon a petition being filed with it by the Virginia Cotton Growers Association, Inc., or the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, requesting a ...

3.1-1084 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Rules governing ballots, conduct of referendum, canvassing, et...
The Agriculture Board shall adopt rules governing the ballots to be used, the conduct of the referendum, canvassing the results thereof, and declaring the results ...

3.1-1085 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Management of referendum; notice
The Commissioner shall, under the rules adopted by the Agriculture Board pursuant to § 3.1-1084, arrange for the use of any polling places, if necessary. ...

3.1-1086 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Persons eligible to vote
Any person in the Commonwealth who produced at least one bale of cotton in the Commonwealth in the fiscal year preceding any referendum held pursuant ...

3.1-1087 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Distribution of ballots, etc.; canvass and declaration of resu...
The Commissioner shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum all necessary ballots, certificates, and supplies required for the referendum. The Commissioner shall, within ...

3.1-1088 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Referendum results; action of Governor
If the Governor finds the referendum in order, that at least fifty percent of those who have met the requirements of § 3.1-1086 have voted ...

3.1-1089 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Subsequent referenda
If the Governor issues a proclamation pursuant to § 3.1-1088 and the Cotton Board is established, then no other referendum shall be held except that ...

3.1-1090 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Subsequent referendum results; action of Governor
If the Governor finds any separate referendum held pursuant to § 3.1-1089 in order, that at least 50 percent of those who have met the ...

3.1-1091 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Questions to be printed on ballots
A. The question to be printed on the ballots used in a referendum authorized in § 3.1-1089 on the continuation of the Cotton Board shall ...

3.1-1092 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Production areas designated; addition of localities
The following production areas are hereby designated for the purposes of this chapter: Area I: The Cities of Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and Suffolk; Area II: ...

3.1-1093 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Composition and appointment; quorum
If the Governor issues a proclamation under § 3.1-1088 and the Cotton Board is established, the Cotton Board shall be composed of eight members appointed ...

3.1-1094 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Terms
The Governor shall make the following initial appointments to the Cotton Board: three producers for three-year terms; two producers for two-year terms; and two producers ...

3.1-1095 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Officers; compensation; powers and duties
The Cotton Board shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and such other officers as the Cotton Board deems necessary. The Cotton Board shall have charge of ...

3.1-1096 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Expenditures and contracts
The Cotton Board may expend funds and enter into contracts in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (1997, c. 873.) ...

3.1-1097 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Cooperation with other organizations
The Cotton Board may cooperate with other state, regional, national, and international organizations in research concerning, education on, and promotion of cotton and may expend ...

3.1-1098 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Handler to collect assessment for cotton ginned; collection an...
A. Every handler shall collect from the owner of all cotton that the handler gins for any owner an assessment of eighty-five cents per bale ...

3.1-1099 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Records to be kept by handler
Every handler shall maintain the following records for all cotton ginned by the handler for the owner of the cotton: 1. Full name and address ...

3.1-1100 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Assessment for initial referendum; expiration
A. Beginning July 1, 1997, until sufficient moneys are collected to pay the cost of conducting the initial referendum, a fee of eighty-five cents per ...

3.1-1101 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Cotton Fund created; purpose; revenue-producing activ...
A. The Cotton Board shall establish, administer, manage and make expenditures from a special, nonreverting fund in the state treasury to be known as the ...

3.1-1102 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Collection of delinquent assessments; prosecutions
If any handler fails to pay assessment money pursuant to § 3.1-1098 when due, the Tax Commissioner shall immediately notify the handler of such deficiency ...

3.1-1103 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Misdemeanors; prosecution
It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor: 1. For any handler to fail to submit to the Tax Commissioner any report required pursuant to § ...