Code of Virginia - Title 3.2 Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food - Chapter 32 Milk Commission.

3.2-3200 (Effective October 1, 2008) Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Affiliate" means any person or subsidiary thereof, who has, either directly or indirectly, ...

3.2-3201 (Effective October 1, 2008) Milk Commission; composition and appointment of members.
The Milk Commission is continued within the Department and shall report directly to the Commissioner. The Commission shall consist of an Administrator and seven members, ...

3.2-3202 (Effective October 1, 2008) Milk Commission membership terms.
The Administrator of the Commission shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor for a term concurrent with the term of the Governor making ...

3.2-3203 (Effective October 1, 2008) Meetings; quorum.
The Commission shall meet on the call of the chairman or three of its members whenever he or they may deem necessary, and at such ...

3.2-3204 (Effective October 1, 2008) General powers of the Milk Commission.
The Commission shall be vested with the following powers: 1. To confer and cooperate with the legally constituted authorities of other states and of the ...

3.2-3205 (Effective October 1, 2008) Grant of specific power not to impair general power.
Any provision of this chapter conferring a general power upon the Commission shall not be impaired or qualified by the granting to the Commission by ...

3.2-3206 (Effective October 1, 2008) Public hearing required.
A. The Commission shall neither exercise its powers in any market, nor withdraw the exercise of its powers from any market, until after a public ...

3.2-3207 (Effective October 1, 2008) Defining market areas.
The Commission may define a market area and define and fix the limits of the territorial area where milk shall be produced to supply a ...

3.2-3208 (Effective October 1, 2008) Establishing prices generally.
The Commission, after a public hearing and investigation, may establish the prices to be paid producers or associations of producers by distributors in any market, ...

3.2-3209 (Effective October 1, 2008) Establishing minimum retail price; exemption.
The Commission shall have no authority to establish a minimum retail price for milk, except upon a determination after a public hearing that the absence ...

3.2-3210 (Effective October 1, 2008) Accounting system for distributors; inspection and audit of books and r...
The Milk Commission shall prepare and adopt a system of accounting designed to show, for each distributor of milk and milk products, under the supervision ...

3.2-3211 (Effective October 1, 2008) Right of entry and inspection; publication of information.
Any Commission employee designated for the purpose, shall have access to, and may enter at all reasonable hours, all places where milk is stored, bottled, ...

3.2-3212 (Effective October 1, 2008) Licenses generally.
The Commission may require all distributors in any market designated by the Commission to be licensed by the Commission for the purpose of carrying out ...

3.2-3213 (Effective October 1, 2008) Report of licensees.
Each licensee shall furnish to the Commission verified reports containing information as required by the Commission. (Code 1950, § 3-364; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-443; ...

3.2-3214 (Effective October 1, 2008) Unlawful buying and selling.
No distributor in a market covered by the provisions of this chapter shall buy milk from producers, or others, for sale within the Commonwealth, or ...

3.2-3215 (Effective October 1, 2008) Application for license.
Each distributor shall submit an application to the Commission for a license to operate as a distributor by mail, or otherwise, within five days after ...

3.2-3216 (Effective October 1, 2008) Licenses to be in addition to those required by existing laws...
The licenses required by this chapter shall be in addition to any other licenses required by existing laws of the Commonwealth or by any municipal ...

3.2-3217 (Effective October 1, 2008) Appeals generally.
A. Any person affected by and claiming the unlawfulness of any regulation of the Commission, or person aggrieved by and claiming the unlawfulness of a ...

3.2-3218 (Effective October 1, 2008) Penalties for failure to comply with subpoenas; compelling obedience...
Any person failing to comply with any subpoena issued by the Commission or pursuant to its authority is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, and ...

3.2-3219 (Effective October 1, 2008) Annual budget; assessment of distributors and producers; bond requireme...
The Commission shall prepare an annual budget and shall collect the sums of money required for this budget from the licensed distributors in markets where ...

3.2-3220 (Effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Milk Commission Assessments Fund established.
There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Milk Commission Assessments Fund, hereafter referred to ...

3.2-3221 (Effective October 1, 2008) Injunction.
If any person violates any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter, then either the Commissioner or the State Health Commissioner ...

3.2-3222 (Effective October 1, 2008) Penalties.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter or of any license issued by the Commission is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Each day ...

3.2-3223 (Effective October 1, 2008) Marketing agreements not deemed monopolistic or in restraint of trade...
The making of marketing agreements between producers' cooperative marketing associations and distributors and producer-distributors under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed a ...

3.2-3224 (Effective October 1, 2008) Chapter inapplicable to interstate commerce.
No provision of this chapter shall apply or be construed to apply to foreign or interstate commerce, except insofar as the same may be effective ...