2006 Code of Virginia § 3.1-1069 - Management of referendum; notice

3.1-1069. Management of referendum; notice.

The Commissioner shall manage any referendum conducted under this chapter.The Commissioner shall, sixty days before the date upon which a referendum isto be held, mail notice to the clerk of the circuit court in each countywhere those eligible to vote in the referendum reside. The clerk of thecircuit court shall post the notice and rules on the front door or publicbulletin board of the courthouse and certify the posting to the Commissioner.The Commissioner shall also give general notice of the referendum in anewspaper of general circulation in Richmond, Virginia, and shall send anotice of the referendum to a newspaper of general circulation in each areain which members of the sheep industry reside, at least sixty days prior tothe holding of any referendum under this chapter.

Such posted and published notices shall contain the date, hours, and methodsof voting in the referendum; the amount of assessment to be collected, meansby which such assessment will be collected, and general purposes for whichthe assessments will be used; and the rules adopted by the State Boardpursuant to 3.1-1068.

(1995, c. 691.)