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The University may accept grants, gifts, or donations for the Program from the local governing bodies of the Commonwealth, other public or private agencies, and individual donors. The Service shall be operated cooperatively by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the 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. 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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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85187,"section_number":"23.1-2608","catch_line":"Definitions; Virginia Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Division established; Cooperative Extension Service Program recognized","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2608\/"}],"permalink":{"id":186697,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68008,"identifier":"23.1-2704","token":"23.1\/IV\/27\/23.1-2704","url":"\/23.1-2704\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2704\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/27\/23.1-2704","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cooperative Extension Service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2704","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this section:\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> As provided in Article 2 (§ 23.1-2608<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 26 and subject to the federally required plan, the Cooperative Extension Service<\/span> Program within the University, (the Program) is recognized. The University may accept grants, gifts, or donations for the Program from the local governing bodies of the Commonwealth, other public or private agencies, and individual donors. The Service shall be operated cooperatively by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the 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. The University shall file such reports on the activities of the Program as may be required by law<\/span> or requested by the Governor, and the two institutions shall file such reports on the unified plan as may be required by law<\/span> or requested by the Governor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE (\u00a7 23.1-2704)\n\nA. For the purposes of this section:\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. As provided in Article 2 (§ 23.1-2608 et seq.) of Chapter 26 and subject\nto the federally required plan, the Cooperative Extension Service Program within\nthe University, (the Program) is recognized. The University may accept grants,\ngifts, or donations for the Program from the local governing bodies of the\nCommonwealth, other public or private agencies, and individual donors. The\nService shall be operated cooperatively by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and\nState University and the 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. The University shall file\nsuch reports on the activities of the Program as may be required by law or\nrequested by the Governor, and the two institutions shall file such reports on\nthe unified plan as may be required by law or requested by the Governor.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 433, \u00a7 23-165.11; 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}}