§ 3.2-112. Regulations governing the conduct of referenda
The Board shall adopt regulations governing the ballots to be used in any referendum, the conduct of any referendum, canvassing the results thereof, and declaring the results of any referendum provided for in this title. The Board shall fix the date, hours, and voting places with respect to the holding of any referendum and may […]
§ 3.2-113. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 24, cl. 2.
§ 3.2-108.1. Virginia Pollinator Protection Strategy
A. The Department shall develop and maintain a Virginia Pollinator Protection Strategy (the Strategy) to (i) promote the health of and mitigate the risks to all pollinator species and (ii) ensure a robust agriculture economy and apiary industry for honeybees and other managed pollinators. B. In developing the Strategy, the Department shall seek the assistance […]
§ 3.2-108.2. Expansion of the Commonwealth’s slaughter and meat-processing facilities
A. It is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the growth of all segments of its agricultural industry. The General Assembly finds that the livestock industry has a significant impact on the Commonwealth’s economy and that it is to the Commonwealth’s benefit to encourage, expand, and develop slaughter and meat-processing facilities with strategic planning […]
§ 3.2-109. Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; appointments; qualifications; terms of office
The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services is established as a policy board, within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government and may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of this title. The Board shall consist of (i) one member from each congressional district, at least eight of whom […]
§ 3.2-110. Officers of the Board; meetings
A. The Board shall annually elect a president, vice president, and secretary. B. The Board shall meet at least three times a year for the transaction of business. Special meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the president of the Board, the request of the Commissioner, or the written request of […]
§ 3.2-111. General powers and duties of the Board
A. The Board shall be charged with all matters tending to the promotion of the agricultural interests of the Commonwealth. It shall have power to receive, hold in trust, and administer any donation made to it for the advancement of the agricultural interests of the Commonwealth. B. The Board shall have power to purchase or […]
§ 3.2-104. Commissioner may serve on board of national tobacco trust entity
The Commissioner may serve in his official capacity on the board of directors of any entity established to ensure the implementation in the Commonwealth of a national tobacco trust established to provide payments to tobacco growers and tobacco quota owners to ameliorate adverse economic consequences resulting from a national settlement of states’ claims against tobacco […]
§ 3.2-105. Century farm program
The Commissioner shall establish a century farm program to honor farm families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 100 years or more. In order to be eligible for recognition under the program, a farm shall (i) have been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years; […]
§ 3.2-106. Horse breeder incentive program
A. It is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the growth of all segments of its agricultural industry. The General Assembly finds that the horse breeding industry has a significant impact on the Commonwealth’s economy and that it is to the Commonwealth’s benefit to encourage, expand, and develop horse breeding farms with programs providing […]