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1996 SESSION


CHAPTER 207
An Act to provide for an advisory referendum in Rockbridge County on the question of constructing, operating, and maintaining an airport in the county.
[H 4]
Approved March 16, 1996

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The officials conducting the November 5, 1996, election in Rockbridge County shall conduct an advisory referendum on that date in the county to poll the voters on the question of whether they are in favor of the construction, operation, and maintenance of an airport in the county.

The question on the ballot shall be:

"Do you support the construction, operation, and maintenance of an airport in Rockbridge County?"

The ballots shall be prepared and voted, the referendum shall be conducted, and the results shall be ascertained and certified as provided in Article 5 (§ 24.2-681 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 24.2 of the Code of Virginia.

The electoral board shall cause notice of the election to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least once in the period forty-five to sixty days before the election.

The results of the referendum shall be advisory only.