§ 3.2-505 Emergency services
A. The Commissioner may develop and initiate programs of general relief to farmers affected by major disasters and to expend moneys from the Farmers Major Disaster Fund in order to implement such programs. Programs created pursuant hereto shall include but not be limited to the following:
1. Programs to assist farmers in their feed needs including the supplying of feed at cost.
2. Programs to provide supplemental manpower to those state and federal agencies involved in relief efforts to aid farmers.
B. Any locality may develop and initiate a grant program to supply emergency financial assistance to farmers in the locality to offset a portion of any operating losses resulting from a major disaster as declared by the Governor pursuant to § 44-146.17.
History
This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 837 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapter 16; in 2008, chapter 860.
1978, c. 837, § 3.1-22.19; 2000, c. 16; 2008, c. 860.