Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Chapter 25.2 Irish Potato Board

• 3.1-684.20 Description unavailable
  Not set out. (1982, c. 126.) ...
• 3.1-684.21 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Declaration of public interest; definitions
  Subject to the provisions of § 3.1-684.28, the General Assembly declares it to be in the public interest that farmers producing Irish potatoes be permitted ...
• 3.1-684.22 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Petition for referendum on question of levying tax; action of ...
  The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services, hereinafter referred to as the Board, upon petition being filed with it by the Association of Virginia Potato ...
• 3.1-684.23 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner to arrange for and manage referendum; notice to b...
  The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted pursuant to this chapter. The Commissioner is directed, sixty days prior to the date upon ...
• 3.1-684.24 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Persons eligible to vote
  Each farmer in Virginia who produced 40,000 pounds of Irish potatoes during the year next preceding the date of the referendum held pursuant to this ...
• 3.1-684.25 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Rules and regulations governing ballots, conduct of referendu...
  The Board shall adopt rules or regulations governing the ballots to be used in the referendum, the conduct of the referendum, canvassing the results thereof, ...
• 3.1-684.26 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Date of referendum; areas, hours, voting places, etc.; publica...
  The Board shall fix the date, areas, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respect to the holding of any referendum provided for in this ...
• 3.1-684.27 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Distribution of ballots and supplies; arranging for polling pl...
  The Commissioner, with the assistance of the petitioners, shall prepare and distribute in advance of the referendum all necessary ballots and supplies required for the ...
• 3.1-684.28 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Action of Governor if voters favor levy of tax
  The Governor shall examine all matters relating to the referendum and whether a majority of the farmers voting in a referendum provided for under this ...
• 3.1-684.29 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Action of Governor if voters oppose levy of tax
  If the Governor finds that the referendum results do not meet the conditions set forth in § 3.1-684.28, he shall so proclaim. (1982, c. 126.) ...
• 3.1-684.30 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Subsequent referenda
  If the Governor issues a proclamation pursuant to § 3.1-684.29, the Board may call for, in the manner prescribed in this chapter, another referendum in ...
• 3.1-684.31 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Question to be printed on ballots
  The question to be printed on the ballots used in a referendum held under this chapter shall be as follows: "Do you favor additional research, ...
• 3.1-684.32 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Irish Potato Commission continued as Virginia Irish P...
  The Virginia Irish Potato Commission within the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is continued and shall hereafter be known as the Virginia Irish ...
• 3.1-684.33 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Handler to deduct tax from payment to farmer; report and payme...
  For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the handler of Irish potatoes who purchases from the farmer shall deduct from payments ...
• 3.1-684.34 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Records to be kept by handlers
  The handler shall keep a complete record of the Irish potatoes subject to the provisions of this chapter which have been packed, processed or handled ...
• 3.1-684.35 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Interest on tax; collection of delinquent tax
  The tax imposed under the provisions of this chapter and unpaid on the date on which the tax was due and payable shall bear interest ...
• 3.1-684.36 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Irish Potato Fund; audit; Board may cooperate with ot...
  All moneys levied and collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be credited on the Comptroller's books to a fund to be known as ...
• 3.1-684.37 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Expenditures
  All moneys collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be expended by the Virginia Irish Potato Board on warrants of the Comptroller drawn against ...
• 3.1-684.38 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Penalties
  It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any handler knowingly to report falsely to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the quantity ...
• 3.1-684.39 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Who deemed handler
  A "handler" shall be deemed to be any person who is a processor, dealer, shipper or exporter who purchases Irish potatoes from a grower or ...
• 3.1-684.40 (Repealed 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 ...

Last modified: April 2, 2009