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The General Assembly finds that the livestock industry has a significant impact on the Commonwealth’s economy and that it is to the Commonwealth’s benefit to encourage, expand, and develop slaughter and meat-processing facilities with strategic planning and programs that provide financial incentives and technical assistance to encourage and supplement private capital. The General Assembly finds that it is to the Commonwealth’s benefit to maintain a state meat inspection program in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\n\nB\n\nThe Department shall establish a strategic plan to increase the combined throughput capacity of inspected slaughter and meat-processing facilities in the Commonwealth and provide recommendations to the General Assembly as to how to implement the strategic plan.\n\nC\n\nTo the extent that public or private funds become available, the Department may establish a program of financial incentives and technical assistance designed to encourage, expand, and develop slaughter and meat-processing facilities in the Commonwealth.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1329446,"text":"It is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the growth of all segments of its agricultural industry. 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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 310<\/a> and 311<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420993,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357233,"identifier":"3.2-108.2","token":"3.2\/I\/1\/1\/3.2-108.2","url":"\/3.2-108.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-108.2\/","token":"3.2\/I\/1\/1\/3.2-108.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Expansion of the Commonwealth’s slaughter and meat-processing facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-108.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the growth of all segments of its agricultural industry. The General Assembly finds that the livestock industry has a significant impact on the Commonwealth’s economy and that it is to the Commonwealth’s benefit to encourage, expand, and develop slaughter and meat-processing facilities with strategic planning and programs that provide financial incentives and technical assistance to encourage and supplement private capital. The General Assembly finds that it is to the Commonwealth’s benefit to maintain a state meat inspection program in cooperation with the U.S. Department<\/span> of Agriculture. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall establish a strategic plan to increase the combined throughput capacity of inspected slaughter and meat-processing facilities in the Commonwealth and provide recommendations to the General Assembly as to how to implement the strategic plan. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> To the extent that public or private funds become available, the Department<\/span> may establish a program of financial incentives and technical assistance designed to encourage, expand, and develop slaughter and meat-processing facilities in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXPANSION OF THE COMMONWEALTH’S SLAUGHTER AND MEAT-PROCESSING FACILITIES\n(\u00a7 3.2-108.2)\n\nA. It is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the growth of all segments\nof its agricultural industry. The General Assembly finds that the livestock\nindustry has a significant impact on the Commonwealth’s economy and that\nit is to the Commonwealth’s benefit to encourage, expand, and develop\nslaughter and meat-processing facilities with strategic planning and programs\nthat provide financial incentives and technical assistance to encourage and\nsupplement private capital. The General Assembly finds that it is to the\nCommonwealth’s benefit to maintain a state meat inspection program in\ncooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\n\nB. The Department shall establish a strategic plan to increase the combined\nthroughput capacity of inspected slaughter and meat-processing facilities in the\nCommonwealth and provide recommendations to the General Assembly as to how to\nimplement the strategic plan.\n\nC. To the extent that public or private funds become available, the Department\nmay establish a program of financial incentives and technical assistance\ndesigned to encourage, expand, and develop slaughter and meat-processing\nfacilities in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, cc. 310, 311.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}