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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 433<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65400,"section_number":"15.2-413","catch_line":"Department of extension and continuing education","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-413\/"},{"id":68008,"section_number":"23.1-2704","catch_line":"Cooperative Extension Service","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2704\/"},{"id":63371,"section_number":"3.2-4416","catch_line":"Beehive distribution program","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4416\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186531,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85187,"identifier":"23.1-2608","token":"23.1\/IV\/26\/2\/23.1-2608","url":"\/23.1-2608\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2608\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/26\/2\/23.1-2608","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions; Virginia Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Division established; Cooperative Extension Service Program recognized","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2608","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this article:\n\t\t\t“Cooperative extension service<\/span>” means the function traditionally associated with the term “extension” that traditionally focuses on agriculture, including horticulture and silviculture, agribusiness, home economics, community resource development, and 4-H Clubs.\n\t\t\t“Extension” means the joint federal, state, and local program designed to aid the transfer of information and research capabilities of land-grant universities to citizens. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> There is established within the University a division to be known as the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service<\/span> and Agricultural Experiment Station Division (the Division), which shall encompass and administer the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service<\/span> (the Service) and the Agricultural Experiment Station (the Station) with appropriate supporting programs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Cooperative Extension Service<\/span> Program within Virginia State University (the Program) is recognized. The Program shall be operated cooperatively by the University and Virginia State University, with agreed-upon areas of program and service emphasis as set forth in the unified plan submitted by the two institutions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS; VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE AND AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT\nSTATION DIVISION ESTABLISHED; COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE PROGRAM RECOGNIZED\n(\u00a7 23.1-2608)\n\nA. For the purposes of this article:\n\t\t\t“Cooperative extension service” means the function traditionally\nassociated with the term “extension” that traditionally focuses on\nagriculture, including horticulture and silviculture, agribusiness, home\neconomics, community resource development, and 4-H Clubs.\n\t\t\t“Extension” means the joint federal, state, and local program\ndesigned to aid the transfer of information and research capabilities of\nland-grant universities to citizens.\n\nB. There is established within the University a division to be known as the\nVirginia Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station\nDivision (the Division), which shall encompass and administer the Virginia\nCooperative Extension Service (the Service) and the Agricultural Experiment\nStation (the Station) with appropriate supporting programs.\n\nC. The Cooperative Extension Service Program within Virginia State University\n(the Program) is recognized. The Program shall be operated cooperatively by the\nUniversity and Virginia State University, with agreed-upon areas of program and\nservice emphasis as set forth in the unified plan submitted by the two\ninstitutions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 433, \u00a7\u00a7 23-132.1, 23-132.7; 2016, c. 588.","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}}