Code of Virginia - Title 3.2 Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food - Chapter 23 Soybean Board

3.2-2300 (Effective October 1, 2008) Definitions.
"Country buyer" means any person who buys soybeans from a producer. "Exporter" means any person offering soybeans for export sale. "Handler" means any processor, dealer, ...

3.2-2301 (Effective October 1, 2008) Soybean Board; composition and appointment of members.
The Soybean Board, established by the passage of a referendum held pursuant to Chapter 431 of the 1970 Acts of Assembly, is continued within the ...

3.2-2302 (Effective October 1, 2008) Soybean Board membership terms.
The terms for appointments to the Soybean Board shall be for three years. The Governor shall fill any vacancy occurring before the expiration of any ...

3.2-2303 (Effective October 1, 2008) Soybean Board officers and compensation.
A. The Soybean Board shall elect a chairman and such other officers as deemed appropriate. B. Members of the Soybean Board shall not receive compensation ...

3.2-2304 (Effective October 1, 2008) 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 ...

3.2-2305 (Effective October 1, 2008) 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 ...

3.2-2306 (Effective October 1, 2008) 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 ...

3.2-2307 (Effective October 1, 2008) 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 ...

3.2-2308 (Effective October 1, 2008) 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 ...

3.2-2309 (Effective October 1, 2008) Referenda results; action of Governor.
If the Governor finds any referendum in order and that at least 60 percent of those voting are in opposition to the continuation of the ...

3.2-2310 (Effective October 1, 2008) Production Areas designated.
The following production areas are designated for the purposes of this chapter: Area I: Accomack and Northampton Counties; Area II: Stafford, King George, Westmoreland, Northumberland, ...

3.2-2311 (Effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Soybean Fund established.
There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Soybean Fund, hereafter referred to as "the ...

3.2-2312 (Effective October 1, 2008) Collection and disposition of assessment by handler; reports.
A. Every handler shall deduct from payments made to the producer for soybeans an assessment of two cents ($0.02) per bushel and shall remit such ...

3.2-2313 (Effective October 1, 2008) Records to be kept by handlers.
The handler shall keep a complete record of the soybeans handled by him for a period of not less than three years from the time ...

3.2-2314 (Effective October 1, 2008) Falsification of records; misdemeanor.
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor: 1. For any handler knowingly to report falsely to the Tax Commissioner the quantity of soybeans handled by him ...