§ 3.1-684.50. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Subsequent referenda
If the Governor issues a proclamation under § 3.1-684.48, then no other referendum shall be held on small grains which was the subject of the proclamation except that after the expiration of five years from the date of the imposition of the tax assessment provided for in this chapter, another referendum may be held in the manner herein prescribed to determine whether the assessment for the market development, education, publicity, research and promotion of the use and sale of small grains shall be continued. The State Board, upon petition by a group of small grains producers representing at least ten percent of the number of producers who voted in the preceding referendum, may provide for a referendum on the continuation of the assessment. The State Board shall not act on such a petition for conducting such a referendum until as least five years have passed from the time the Virginia Small Grains Board was established or until at least five years have passed since the last referendum. If the Governor determines that a simple majority is not in favor of the assessment, the State Board shall hold no new referendum for at least one year after the Governor has declared his findings, but at the expiration of one year and upon petition by ten percent of the Commonwealth's small grains producers which voted in the most recent referendum, the State Board may provide for a referendum. The cost of conducting any such referendum under this section shall be from funds paid into the Virginia Small Grains Fund as defined in § 3.1-684.56.
(1991, c. 587.)
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