3.2-1210 - Questions to be printed on ballots. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-1210. Questions to be printed on ballots.

The question to be printed on the ballots used in the referendum held under §3.2-1208, shall be:

"Do you favor the levy of an excise tax of 2.5 cents ($0.025) per tree runbushel of ungraded apples grown in the Commonwealth for sale by producers ofat least 5,000 tree run bushels per calendar year, to be paid into the AppleFund and distributed as follows: up to 40 percent paid to the U.S. AppleAssociation for publicity and industry development; up to 20 percent paid tothe Virginia State Horticultural Society for education and industrydevelopment; up to 20 percent paid to the Virginia Apple Research Program forresearch; up to 10 percent to be used for administration of this article; andup to 10 percent to be held in the Apple Fund as a reserve with: (i) amaximum amount of $125,000; and (ii) a requirement that any appropriationfrom the reserve receive at least two-thirds of the votes of the members ofthe Apple Board? If the maximum amount of the reserve fund is met, then theamount of that 10 percent distribution that exceeds the reserve fund shall bedivided equally among the U.S. Apple Association, the Virginia StateHorticultural Society, and the Virginia Apple Research Program.

________ Yes

________ No."

(2005, cc. 864, 875, § 3.1-636.4; 2008, c. 860.)