Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Chapter 39 Endangered Plant And Insect Species Act

3.1-1020 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Endangered Plant and Insect Species Act." (1979, c. 372.) ...

3.1-1021 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this chapter: "Board" means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "Candidate species" means those species formally recommended by the Director of ...

3.1-1022 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of Commissioner; appointment of State Botani...
For the purpose of effectively administering this chapter, the Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: A. It shall be the duty of the ...

3.1-1023 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Prohibitions on taking, possession, etc., of endangered or thr...
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig, take, cut, process, or otherwise collect, remove, transport, possess, sell, offer for sale, or give away ...

3.1-1024 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Power of Commissioner to regulate sale and movement of endange...
A. The Commissioner or his assistants are hereby authorized to stop sale, to seize or return to point of origin at the owner's expense, any ...

3.1-1025 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of Board; listing of rare species; further p...
A. The Board may prescribe and adopt regulations including, but not limited to, the listing of endangered or threatened species, their taking, quotas, seasons, buying, ...

3.1-1026 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) License required to buy threatened species; records of purchas...
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to buy any threatened species or part thereof, which is listed in this chapter or rules and ...

3.1-1027 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Wild ginseng declared threatened plant species; license; harve...
The indigenous plant, Panax quinquefolius L., of the Araliaceae family, commonly referred to as ginseng, is hereby declared a threatened plant species when it occurs ...

3.1-1027.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Export certificate required for export of ginseng; exception; ...
All persons who have ginseng either wild or artificially propagated in any quantity and who wish to export any amount out of the Commonwealth shall ...

3.1-1028 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia birch declared endangered species
Virginia birch or round-leaf birch, Betula uber of the Betulaceae family, is hereby declared an endangered species as defined herein and is subject to this ...

3.1-1029 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Enforcement of chapter; summons
Any conservation police officer or law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101, excluding certain Alcoholic Beverage Control Board members, may enforce this chapter and the ...

3.1-1030 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Penalty
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated thereto shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1979, ...