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This law was first created in 1986. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 891; in 1995, chapter 111<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":144847,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68272,"identifier":"10.1-1101","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/1\/10.1-1101","url":"\/10.1-1101\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1101\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/1\/10.1-1101","dublin_core":{"Title":"General powers of Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department shall have the following general powers, all of which, with the approval of the State Forester, may be exercised by a unit of the Department with respect to matters assigned to that organizational entity:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Employ personnel required to carry out the purposes of this chapter; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Make and enter into all contracts<\/span> and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter, including, but not limited to contracts<\/span> with private nonprofit organizations, the United States, other state agencies and governmental subdivisions of the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Accept bequests and gifts of real and personal property as well as endowments, funds, and grants from the United States government and any other source. To these ends, the Department shall have the power to comply with conditions and execute agreements as necessary, convenient or desirable; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Promulgate regulations necessary or incidental to the performance of duties or execution of powers conferred under this chapter; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Receive, hold in trust and administer any donation made to it for the advancement of forest resources of the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Undertake evaluation and testing of products and technologies relating to replacement of petroleum-based lubricants and hydraulic fluids with lubricants and hydraulic fluids made or derived from vegetables or vegetable oil, and promote the use of such products and technologies found to be beneficial in preserving and enhancing environmental quality; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL POWERS OF DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 10.1-1101)\n\nThe Department shall have the following general powers, all of which, with the\napproval of the State Forester, may be exercised by a unit of the Department\nwith respect to matters assigned to that organizational entity:\n\n1. Employ personnel required to carry out the purposes of this chapter;\n\n2. Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to\nthe performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this\nchapter, including, but not limited to contracts with private nonprofit\norganizations, the United States, other state agencies and governmental\nsubdivisions of the Commonwealth;\n\n3. Accept bequests and gifts of real and personal property as well as\nendowments, funds, and grants from the United States government and any other\nsource. To these ends, the Department shall have the power to comply with\nconditions and execute agreements as necessary, convenient or desirable;\n\n4. Promulgate regulations necessary or incidental to the performance of duties\nor execution of powers conferred under this chapter;\n\n5. Receive, hold in trust and administer any donation made to it for the\nadvancement of forest resources of the Commonwealth;\n\n6. Undertake evaluation and testing of products and technologies relating to\nreplacement of petroleum-based lubricants and hydraulic fluids with lubricants\nand hydraulic fluids made or derived from vegetables or vegetable oil, and\npromote the use of such products and technologies found to be beneficial in\npreserving and enhancing environmental quality; and\n\n7. Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this\nchapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 567, \u00a7 10-31.2; 1988, c. 891; 1995, c. 111.","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}}