Department and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Department and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.” It is part of Chapter 1 “General Provisions”, which is part of Subtitle I “General Provisions; Protection and Promotion of Agriculture”, which is part of Title 3.2 “Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food”. It contains 12 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 12 sections.

§ 3.2-100	Definitions
§ 3.2-101	Department continued; appointment of Commissioner; agriculture education
§ 3.2-101.1	Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
§ 3.2-102	General powers and duties of the Commissioner
§ 3.2-103	Records to be held in confidence
§ 3.2-104	Commissioner may serve on board of national tobacco trust entity
§ 3.2-105	Century farm program
§ 3.2-106	Horse breeder incentive program
§ 3.2-107	Testing samples of products delivered to laboratories; prescribing and collecting fees; Laboratory Fee Fund established; disposition of moneys
§ 3.2-108	Department to establish a program to support new and emerging crops and technologies
§ 3.2-108.1	Virginia Pollinator Protection Strategy
§ 3.2-108.2	Expansion of the Commonwealth's slaughter and meat-processing facilities