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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 657 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 1952 \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 1986, chapter 567; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":144895,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55740,"identifier":"10.1-1177","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/11\/10.1-1177","url":"\/10.1-1177\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1177\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/11\/10.1-1177","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Department of Forestry","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1177","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Department of Forestry is authorized to and responsible for (i) investigating insect <span class=\"dictionary\">infestations<\/span> and disease <span class=\"dictionary\">infections<\/span> which affect stands of <span class=\"dictionary\">forest trees<\/span>, and (ii) devising and demonstrating control measures to interested <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span>. 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The State Forester shall administer the provisions of this article.\nAuthority for quarantine procedure now vested in the Department of Agriculture\nand Consumer Services shall remain in that Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 657, \u00a7 10-90.3; 1986, c. 567; 1988, c. 891.","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}}