Code of Virginia - Title 3.2 Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food - Chapter 15 Cotton Board

3.2-1500 (Effective October 1, 2008) Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Assessment" means moneys to be collected as authorized by this chapter. "Bale" means ...

3.2-1501 (Effective October 1, 2008) Cotton Board; composition and appointment of members; quorum.
The Cotton Board, established by the passage of a referendum held pursuant to Chapter 873 of the 1997 Acts of Assembly, is continued within the ...

3.2-1502 (Effective October 1, 2008) Cotton Board membership terms.
The terms for appointments to the Cotton Board shall be for three years. The Governor shall fill any vacancy occurring before the expiration of any ...

3.2-1503 (Effective October 1, 2008) Cotton Board officers and compensation.
A. The Cotton Board shall elect a chairman and such other officers as deemed appropriate. B. Members of the Cotton Board shall be reimbursed for ...

3.2-1504 (Effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of Cotton Board.
A. The Cotton Board shall have charge of the Virginia Cotton Fund established in the Virginia state treasury. B. The Cotton Board may expend funds ...

3.2-1505 (Effective October 1, 2008) Referenda.
The Board, upon petition by at least 10 percent of the producers in the Commonwealth as determined by the Commissioner, shall provide for either a ...

3.2-1506 (Effective October 1, 2008) Management of referenda; Commissioner's duties; notice.
A. The Commissioner shall, under the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to § 3.2-112, arrange for the use of any polling places, if necessary. ...

3.2-1507 (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 § 3.2-1505 on the continuation of the Cotton Board shall ...

3.2-1508 (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 ...

3.2-1509 (Effective October 1, 2008) Referenda results; action of Governor.
If the Governor finds any separate referendum held pursuant to this chapter in order, that at least 50 percent of those who have met the ...

3.2-1510 (Effective October 1, 2008) Production areas designated.
The following production areas are designated for the purposes of this chapter: Area I: The Cities of Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, and Suffolk; Area II: Isle ...

3.2-1511 (Effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Cotton Fund established.
There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Cotton Fund, hereafter referred to as "the ...

3.2-1512 (Effective October 1, 2008) Collection and disposition of assessment by handler; reports.
A. Every handler shall collect an assessment of 85 cents ($0.85) per bale from the owner of all cotton that the handler gins for any ...

3.2-1513 (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 ...

3.2-1514 (Effective October 1, 2008) Falsification of records; misdemeanor.
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor: 1. For any handler to fail to submit to the Tax Commissioner any report required pursuant to § 3.2-1512 ...