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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1220<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57605,"section_number":"3.2-303","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-303\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194131,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76767,"identifier":"3.2-310","token":"3.2\/I\/3.1\/3.2-310","url":"\/3.2-310\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-310\/","token":"3.2\/I\/3.1\/3.2-310","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Planning Grant Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-310","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Governor may award grants from the Fund<\/span> for the Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Planning Grant Program<\/span> to encourage efforts by political subdivisions to support agriculture and forestry. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any funds<\/span> awarded by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be awarded as reimbursable grants to political subdivisions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry shall develop guidelines for the Planning Grant Program<\/span> and administer the Program on behalf of the Governor. Such guidelines shall (i) include a requirement that any political subdivision applying for a grant provide matching funds<\/span> and (ii) state the criteria the Governor will use in evaluating any grant application submitted pursuant to this section. Such guidelines may (a) allow contributions to a project by certain specified entities, such as a nonprofit organization or charitable foundation, to count as eligible local matching funds<\/span> and (b) accept a reduced match requirement for an economically distressed locality applying for an award. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM (\u00a7\n3.2-310)\n\nA. The Governor may award grants from the Fund for the Agriculture and Forestry\nIndustries Development Planning Grant Program to encourage efforts by political\nsubdivisions to support agriculture and forestry.\n\nB. Any funds awarded by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be awarded\nas reimbursable grants to political subdivisions.\n\nC. The Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry shall develop guidelines for the\nPlanning Grant Program and administer the Program on behalf of the Governor.\nSuch guidelines shall (i) include a requirement that any political subdivision\napplying for a grant provide matching funds and (ii) state the criteria the\nGovernor will use in evaluating any grant application submitted pursuant to this\nsection. Such guidelines may (a) allow contributions to a project by certain\nspecified entities, such as a nonprofit organization or charitable foundation,\nto count as eligible local matching funds and (b) accept a reduced match\nrequirement for an economically distressed locality applying for an award.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 1220; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 185.","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}}