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The Department shall be headed by the State Forester, who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure for a term coincident with his own.\n\t\tAny vacancy in the office of the State Forester shall be filled by appointment by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia.\n\t\tThe State Forester shall be a technically trained forester and shall have both a practical and theoretical knowledge of forestry.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":266255,"text":"The Department of Forestry, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the Department, is continued as an agency under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 567 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. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. 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The Department shall be headed by the State Forester, who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure for a term coincident with his own.\n\t\tAny vacancy in the office of the State Forester shall be filled by appointment by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia.\n\t\tThe State Forester shall be a technically trained forester and shall have both a practical and theoretical knowledge of forestry.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY; APPOINTMENT OF THE STATE FORESTER (\u00a7 10.1-1100)\n\nThe Department of Forestry, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the\nDepartment, is continued as an agency under the supervision of the Secretary of\nAgriculture and Forestry. The Department shall be headed by the State Forester,\nwho shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure for a term\ncoincident with his own.\n\t\tAny vacancy in the office of the State Forester shall be filled by appointment\nby the Governor pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 10 of the\nConstitution of Virginia.\n\t\tThe State Forester shall be a technically trained forester and shall have both\na practical and theoretical knowledge of forestry.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 567, \u00a7 10-31.1; 1988, c. 891; 1993, c. 699.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}