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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 310 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1978, chapter 540; in 1983, chapter 375; in 1985, chapters 237 and 448; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 469<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73327,"section_number":"3.2-1104","catch_line":"Preemption by federal law","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1104\/"},{"id":56818,"section_number":"3.2-1105","catch_line":"Commodity boards; appointment terms; quorum","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1105\/"},{"id":80229,"section_number":"3.2-1106","catch_line":"Commodity board officers and reimbursement of expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1106\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83260,"identifier":"3.2-1300","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/13\/3.2-1300","url":"\/3.2-1300\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1300\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/13\/3.2-1300","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1300","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the Cattle<\/span> Industry Board<\/span>.\n\t\t“Cattle<\/span>” means beef-type and dairy-type cattle<\/span> sold for a consideration in excess of $100 per head in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Handler” means, at the point where the cattle<\/span> are weighed or traded and the value determined, an operator of any stockyard, livestock dealership, slaughterhouse, packing plant, or livestock auction market, or any other person who purchases from a producer<\/span>.\n\t\t“Producer<\/span>” means any person engaged in the business of raising cattle<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-1300)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Cattle Industry Board.\n\t\t“Cattle” means beef-type and dairy-type cattle sold for a\nconsideration in excess of $100 per head in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Handler” means, at the point where the cattle are weighed or\ntraded and the value determined, an operator of any stockyard, livestock\ndealership, slaughterhouse, packing plant, or livestock auction market, or any\nother person who purchases from a producer.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person engaged in the business of raising\ncattle.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 310, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-796.13, 3.1-796.26; 1978, c. 540; 1983, c. 375;\n1985, cc. 237, 448; 2008, c. 860; 2018, c. 469.","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}}