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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 452 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 1977 \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 267; in 1992, chapter 121; in 2004, chapter 201<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 594<\/a> and 681<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65778,"section_number":"2.2-2900","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195251,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55827,"identifier":"3.2-2805","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/28\/3.2-2805","url":"\/3.2-2805\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2805\/","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/28\/3.2-2805","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of Commissioner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2805","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> shall have the following powers and duties:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> To receive and dispense funds; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To develop and administer a beekeeper<\/span> assistance program that is designed to assist Virginia beekeepers<\/span> in maintaining healthy, productive colonies; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To enter into contracts<\/span> for the purpose of developing new or improved markets or marketing methods for bees and bee products and pollination services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> To contract<\/span> for scientific research services and to contract<\/span> to develop improved pollinating behavior in honeybees and other pollinating insects; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> To contract<\/span> for rearing numbers of improved queen bees sufficient for distribution or sale to beekeepers<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> To enter into agreements with any local, state or national organization or agency engaged in education for the purpose of disseminating information on pollinators and pollination of crops; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> To rent or purchase office and laboratory space and land as necessary to carry out its duties; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> To appoint employees, full- or part-time, and to fix their compensation, if any, in accord with the provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act, (§ 2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.); <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> To encourage research, education, methods of improvement in apicultural practices, and promotion projects and the award of funds for such projects as deemed necessary or advisable to accomplish the objectives set forth in this chapter; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> To report to the Board<\/span> in the manner and at such times as the Board<\/span> may prescribe, regarding the receipt and expenditure of funds. The Commissioner<\/span> shall ensure that funds made available to the Plant Pollination Fund are expended only for the purposes authorized by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER (\u00a7 3.2-2805)\n\nThe Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:\n\n1. To receive and dispense funds;\n\n2. To develop and administer a beekeeper assistance program that is designed to\nassist Virginia beekeepers in maintaining healthy, productive colonies;\n\n3. To enter into contracts for the purpose of developing new or improved markets\nor marketing methods for bees and bee products and pollination services;\n\n4. To contract for scientific research services and to contract to develop\nimproved pollinating behavior in honeybees and other pollinating insects;\n\n5. To contract for rearing numbers of improved queen bees sufficient for\ndistribution or sale to beekeepers;\n\n6. To enter into agreements with any local, state or national organization or\nagency engaged in education for the purpose of disseminating information on\npollinators and pollination of crops;\n\n7. To rent or purchase office and laboratory space and land as necessary to\ncarry out its duties;\n\n8. To appoint employees, full- or part-time, and to fix their compensation, if\nany, in accord with the provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act, (§\n2.2-2900 et seq.);\n\n9. To encourage research, education, methods of improvement in apicultural\npractices, and promotion projects and the award of funds for such projects as\ndeemed necessary or advisable to accomplish the objectives set forth in this\nchapter; and\n\n10. To report to the Board in the manner and at such times as the Board may\nprescribe, regarding the receipt and expenditure of funds. The Commissioner\nshall ensure that funds made available to the Plant Pollination Fund are\nexpended only for the purposes authorized by this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 452, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-610.25, 3.1-610.26:1; 1978, c. 267; 1992, c.\n121; 2004, c. 201; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 594, 681.","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}}