Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Section 3.1-271 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Authority of Board

§ 3.1-271. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Authority of Board

The Board may adopt regulations for the administration and enforcement of this article including, but not limited to:

(1) prescribing and adopting regulations governing (a) methods of sampling, (b) methods of inspection, (c) methods of testing (in the laboratory and in the field), (d) the establishment of standards, (e) the establishment of code designations, and (f) the establishment of tolerances to be followed in the administration of this article, in respect to agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree and shrub, lawn and turf seeds, mixtures of such seeds and screening. Such regulations shall be in general accord with officially prescribed practice in interstate commerce, and such other rules and regulations as may be necessary to secure the enforcement of this article;

(2) prescribing and establishing, add to or subtract therefrom by rules and regulations prohibited and restricted noxious-weed seed lists;

(3) prescribing and adopting rules and regulations for the labeling of flower seeds in respect to kind and variety or type and performance characteristics as required by § 3.1-264 of this article;

(4) preparing and publishing a list of the kinds of tree and shrub seeds which are subject to the tree and shrub seed purity and germination labeling requirements of § 3.1-264 (H) of this article;

(5) For the purpose of protecting the rights of hybrid breeders, the Board may provide by regulations for the registration of the pedigree of any hybrid produced or sold in Virginia;

(6) prescribing and establishing, adding to or subtracting from by regulation, a list of those kinds of seed that a person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale within the Commonwealth, only by variety name;

(7) prescribing and establishing special labeling requirements in addition to the requirements of § 3.1-264, for selling, offering to sell or distributing in the Commonwealth, seeds produced from transgenetic plant material;

(8) prescribing and establishing, adding to or subtracting from by regulations, a list of those kinds having second generation hybrids recognized as having agronomic value that may be sold in the Commonwealth as a hybrid; and

(9) prescribing and establishing, adding to or subtracting from by regulation, a list of those kinds specified as lawn and turf seeds.

(Code 1950, § 3-219.9:1; 1966, cc. 9, 702; 1994, c. 577.)

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