Code of Virginia - Title 3.2 Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food - Section 3.2-2801 (Effective October 1, 2008) Plant Pollination Advisory Board; purpose.

§ 3.2-2801. (Effective October 1, 2008) Plant Pollination Advisory Board; purpose.

The Plant Pollination Advisory Board is established as an advisory board within the Department.

The purposes of the Plant Pollination Advisory Board are to:

1. Sponsor or encourage research, education, and promotion of beekeeping and pollination;

2. Identify and implement methods for improving Virginia's rank as a honey-producing Commonwealth;

3. Assure Virginia agriculture of a reliable supply of pollinators;

4. Achieve public acknowledgment of apiculture's contribution to the public welfare;

5. Establish a reservoir of expertise among young people through encouragement of educational and promotional activities; and

6. Conduct methods improvement projects to improve management, production, and pest control in apiculture.

(1977, c. 452, §§ 3.1-610.22, 3.1-610.24, 3.1-610.25; 1978, c. 267; 1992, c. 121; 2008, c. 860.)

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