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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 133<\/a> and 134<\/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":1421141,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357507,"identifier":"3.2-312","token":"3.2\/I\/3.1\/3.2-312","url":"\/3.2-312\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-312\/","token":"3.2\/I\/3.1\/3.2-312","dublin_core":{"Title":"Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-312","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Governor may award grants from the Fund<\/span> for the Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program to encourage efforts by political subdivisions to support the processing, flash freezing, and infrastructure of invasive blue catfish species. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any funds<\/span> awarded by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be awarded as reimbursable grants of no more than $250,000 per grant to political subdivisions to support blue catfish processing, flash freezing, and infrastructure projects. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry shall develop guidelines for the Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program and administer the Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program on behalf of the Governor. Such guidelines shall (i) require that grants be awarded on a competitive basis, (ii) state the criteria the Governor will use in evaluating any grant application submitted pursuant to this section, and (iii) favor projects that create processing, flash freezing, and infrastructure capacity in proximity to small-scale blue catfish watermen. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The guidelines developed pursuant to subsection C may allow contributions to a project by certain specified entities, such as a nonprofit organization or charitable foundation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBLUE CATFISH PROCESSING, FLASH FREEZING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM (\u00a7\n3.2-312)\n\nA. The Governor may award grants from the Fund for the Blue Catfish Processing,\nFlash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program to encourage efforts by\npolitical subdivisions to support the processing, flash freezing, and\ninfrastructure of invasive blue catfish species.\n\nB. Any funds awarded by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be awarded\nas reimbursable grants of no more than $250,000 per grant to political\nsubdivisions to support blue catfish processing, flash freezing, and\ninfrastructure projects.\n\nC. The Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry shall develop guidelines for the\nBlue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program and\nadminister the Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant\nProgram on behalf of the Governor. Such guidelines shall (i) require that grants\nbe awarded on a competitive basis, (ii) state the criteria the Governor will use\nin evaluating any grant application submitted pursuant to this section, and\n(iii) favor projects that create processing, flash freezing, and infrastructure\ncapacity in proximity to small-scale blue catfish watermen.\n\nD. The guidelines developed pursuant to subsection C may allow contributions to\na project by certain specified entities, such as a nonprofit organization or\ncharitable foundation.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 133, 134.","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"}}