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The Commission is established for the purposes of determining the appropriate recipients of moneys in the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund and causing distribution of such moneys for the purposes provided in this chapter, including using moneys in the Fund to: (i) provide payments to tobacco farmers as compensation for the adverse economic effects resulting from loss of investment in specialized tobacco equipment and barns and lost tobacco production opportunities associated with a decline in quota; and (ii) revitalize tobacco dependent communities. The Commission shall have only those powers enumerated in \u00a7 3.2-3103.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":303781,"text":"The Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission is created as a body corporate and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth and as such shall have, and is vested with, all of the politic and corporate powers as are set forth in this chapter. 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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 880<\/a> and 962<\/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 3 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 399<\/a> and 433<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60445,"section_number":"3.2-3100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3100\/"},{"id":83812,"section_number":"3.2-3112","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3112\/"},{"id":57927,"section_number":"58.1-439.17","catch_line":"Grants in lieu of or in addition to tax credits","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-439.17\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70755,"section_number":"3.2-3103","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3103\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195357,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84781,"identifier":"3.2-3101","token":"3.2\/II\/D\/31\/3.2-3101","url":"\/3.2-3101\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3101\/","token":"3.2\/II\/D\/31\/3.2-3101","dublin_core":{"Title":"Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission created; purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission<\/span> is created as a body corporate and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth and as such shall have, and is vested with, all of the politic and corporate powers as are set forth in this chapter. The Commission<\/span> is established for the purposes of determining the appropriate recipients of moneys in the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund<\/span> and causing distribution of such moneys for the purposes provided in this chapter, including using moneys in the Fund<\/span> to: (i) provide payments to tobacco farmers as compensation for the adverse economic effects resulting from loss of investment in specialized tobacco equipment and barns and lost tobacco production opportunities associated with a decline in quota; and (ii) revitalize tobacco dependent communities. The Commission<\/span> shall have only those powers enumerated in \u00a7 3.2-3103<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTOBACCO REGION REVITALIZATION COMMISSION CREATED; PURPOSES (\u00a7 3.2-3101)\n\nThe Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission is created as a body corporate and\na political subdivision of the Commonwealth and as such shall have, and is\nvested with, all of the politic and corporate powers as are set forth in this\nchapter. The Commission is established for the purposes of determining the\nappropriate recipients of moneys in the Tobacco Indemnification and Community\nRevitalization Fund and causing distribution of such moneys for the purposes\nprovided in this chapter, including using moneys in the Fund to: (i) provide\npayments to tobacco farmers as compensation for the adverse economic effects\nresulting from loss of investment in specialized tobacco equipment and barns and\nlost tobacco production opportunities associated with a decline in quota; and\n(ii) revitalize tobacco dependent communities. The Commission shall have only\nthose powers enumerated in \u00a7 3.2-3103.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 880, 962, \u00a7 9-381; 2001, c. 844, \u00a7 3.1-1107; 2008, c. 860;\n2015, cc. 399, 433.","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}}