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Any member of the Commission, or any employee designated by the Commission, may administer oaths to witnesses and sign and issue subpoenas; and7\n\nTo make, adopt, and enforce all regulations or orders necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Every order of the Commission shall be posted for inspection in the main office of the Commission, and a certified copy filed in the office of the Commissioner. An order, applying only to a person named therein, shall be served on the person affected. An order, that is required to be served, shall be served by personal delivery of a certified copy, or by mailing a certified copy in a sealed envelope, with postage prepaid, to each person affected; or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent of the corporation upon whom legal process may be served. If an order is not required to be served, then it shall be posted in the main office of the Commission and filed in the office of the Commissioner, which shall constitute due and sufficient notice to any person affected by the order.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":303591,"text":"The Commission shall be vested with the following powers:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":303592,"text":"To confer and cooperate with the legally constituted authorities of other states and of the United States, with a view of securing a uniformity of milk control, with respect to milk coming into the Commonwealth and going out of the Commonwealth in interstate commerce, with a view of accomplishing the purposes of this chapter and to enter into a compact or compacts for such uniform system of milk control;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":303593,"text":"To investigate all matters pertaining to the production, processing, storage, transportation, distribution, and sale of milk in the Commonwealth;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":303594,"text":"To supervise, regulate, and control the production, transportation, processing, storage, distribution, delivery, and sale of milk for consumption within the Commonwealth;","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":303595,"text":"To act as mediator or arbiter in any controversial issue that may arise among or between milk producers and distributors, as between themselves, or that may arise between them as groups;","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"5":{"id":303596,"text":"To examine into the business, books, and accounts of any milk producer, association of producers, or milk distributors, their affiliates or subsidiaries; to issue subpoenas to milk producers, associations of producers, and milk distributors, and to require them to produce their records, books, and accounts; to subpoena any other person from whom information is desired;","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"6"},"6":{"id":303597,"text":"To take depositions of witnesses within, or without, the Commonwealth. Any member of the Commission, or any employee designated by the Commission, may administer oaths to witnesses and sign and issue subpoenas; and","type":"section","prefixes":["6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"6","prefix_anchor":"6","level":1,"prior_prefix":"5","next_prefix":"7"},"7":{"id":303598,"text":"To make, adopt, and enforce all regulations or orders necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Every order of the Commission shall be posted for inspection in the main office of the Commission, and a certified copy filed in the office of the Commissioner. An order, applying only to a person named therein, shall be served on the person affected. An order, that is required to be served, shall be served by personal delivery of a certified copy, or by mailing a certified copy in a sealed envelope, with postage prepaid, to each person affected; or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent of the corporation upon whom legal process may be served. If an order is not required to be served, then it shall be posted in the main office of the Commission and filed in the office of the Commissioner, which shall constitute due and sufficient notice to any person affected by the order.","type":"section","prefixes":["7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"7","prefix_anchor":"7","level":1,"prior_prefix":"6"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14887,"edition_id":1,"name":"Milk Commission","identifier":"32","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13102,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:35","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:35","permalink":{"id":195445,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14887,"identifier":"32","token":"3.2\/III\/32","url":"\/3.2\/III\/32\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13102,"edition_id":1,"name":"Production and Sale of Agricultural Products","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":195443,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13102,"identifier":"III","token":"3.2\/III","url":"\/3.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12793,"edition_id":1,"name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":193939,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12793,"identifier":"3.2","token":"3.2","url":"\/3.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":62477,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3200","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-3200\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3200","metadata":false},{"id":60138,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3201","catch_line":"Milk Commission; composition and appointment of members","url":"\/3.2-3201\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3201","metadata":false},{"id":83994,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3202","catch_line":"Milk Commission membership terms","url":"\/3.2-3202\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3202","metadata":false},{"id":71184,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3203","catch_line":"Meetings; quorum","url":"\/3.2-3203\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3203","metadata":false},{"id":84702,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3204","catch_line":"General powers of the Milk Commission","url":"\/3.2-3204\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3204","metadata":false},{"id":80187,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3205","catch_line":"Grant of specific power not to impair general power","url":"\/3.2-3205\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3205","metadata":false},{"id":76111,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3206","catch_line":"Public hearing required","url":"\/3.2-3206\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3206","metadata":false},{"id":69794,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3207","catch_line":"Defining market areas","url":"\/3.2-3207\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3207","metadata":false},{"id":79222,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3208","catch_line":"Establishing prices generally","url":"\/3.2-3208\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3208","metadata":false},{"id":85055,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3209","catch_line":"Establishing minimum retail price; 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compelling obedience","url":"\/3.2-3218\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3218","metadata":false},{"id":83115,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3219","catch_line":"Annual budget; assessment of distributors and producers; bond requirements","url":"\/3.2-3219\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3219","metadata":false},{"id":83559,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3220","catch_line":"Virginia Milk Commission Assessments Fund established","url":"\/3.2-3220\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3220","metadata":false},{"id":74783,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3221","catch_line":"Injunction","url":"\/3.2-3221\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3221","metadata":false},{"id":69585,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3222","catch_line":"Penalties","url":"\/3.2-3222\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3222","metadata":false},{"id":56845,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3223","catch_line":"Marketing agreements not deemed monopolistic or in restraint of trade","url":"\/3.2-3223\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3223","metadata":false},{"id":57142,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3224","catch_line":"Chapter inapplicable to interstate commerce","url":"\/3.2-3224\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3224","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":71184,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3203","catch_line":"Meetings; quorum","url":"\/3.2-3203\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3203","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":80187,"structure_id":14887,"section_number":"3.2-3205","catch_line":"Grant of specific power not to impair general power","url":"\/3.2-3205\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3205","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/3.2-3204\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195463,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84702,"identifier":"3.2-3204","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3204","url":"\/3.2-3204\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3204\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3204","dublin_core":{"Title":"General powers of the Milk Commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall be vested with the following powers:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> To confer and cooperate with the legally constituted authorities of other states and of the United States, with a view of securing a uniformity of <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> control, with respect to <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> coming into the Commonwealth and going out of the Commonwealth in interstate commerce, with a view of accomplishing the purposes of this chapter and to enter into a compact or compacts for such uniform system of <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> control; <a id=\"paragraph-303592\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3204\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> To investigate all matters pertaining to the production, processing, storage, transportation, distribution, and sale of <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> in the Commonwealth; <a id=\"paragraph-303593\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3204\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> To supervise, regulate, and control the production, transportation, processing, storage, distribution, delivery, and sale of <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> for consumption within the Commonwealth; <a id=\"paragraph-303594\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3204\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> To act as mediator or arbiter in any controversial <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> that may arise among or between <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">producers<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span>, as between themselves, or that may arise between them as groups; <a id=\"paragraph-303595\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3204\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> To examine into the business, books, and accounts of any <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">producer<\/span>, association of <span class=\"dictionary\">producers<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span>, their <span class=\"dictionary\">affiliates<\/span> or subsidiaries; to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoenas<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">producers<\/span>, associations of <span class=\"dictionary\">producers<\/span>, and <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span>, and to require them to produce their records, books, and accounts; to <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoena<\/span> any other person from whom information is desired; <a id=\"paragraph-303596\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3204\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> To take <span class=\"dictionary\">depositions<\/span> of witnesses within, or without, the Commonwealth. Any member of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, or any employee designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, may administer <span class=\"dictionary\">oaths<\/span> to witnesses and sign and <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoenas<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-303597\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3204\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"7\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">7.<\/span> To make, adopt, and enforce all regulations or <span class=\"dictionary\">orders<\/span> necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Every <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall be posted for inspection in the main office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, and a certified copy filed in the office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>. An <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, applying only to a person named therein, shall be served on the person affected. An <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, that is required to be served, shall be served by personal delivery of a certified copy, or by mailing a certified copy in a <span class=\"dictionary\">sealed<\/span> envelope, with postage prepaid, to each person affected; or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent of the corporation upon whom legal process may be served. If an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> is not required to be served, then it shall be posted in the main office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> and filed in the office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, which shall constitute due and sufficient notice to any person affected by the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-303598\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3204\/#7\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL POWERS OF THE MILK COMMISSION (\u00a7 3.2-3204)\n\nThe Commission shall be vested with the following powers:\n\n1. To confer and cooperate with the legally constituted authorities of other\nstates and of the United States, with a view of securing a uniformity of milk\ncontrol, with respect to milk coming into the Commonwealth and going out of the\nCommonwealth in interstate commerce, with a view of accomplishing the purposes\nof this chapter and to enter into a compact or compacts for such uniform system\nof milk control;\n\n2. To investigate all matters pertaining to the production, processing, storage,\ntransportation, distribution, and sale of milk in the Commonwealth;\n\n3. To supervise, regulate, and control the production, transportation,\nprocessing, storage, distribution, delivery, and sale of milk for consumption\nwithin the Commonwealth;\n\n4. To act as mediator or arbiter in any controversial issue that may arise among\nor between milk producers and distributors, as between themselves, or that may\narise between them as groups;\n\n5. To examine into the business, books, and accounts of any milk producer,\nassociation of producers, or milk distributors, their affiliates or\nsubsidiaries; to issue subpoenas to milk producers, associations of producers,\nand milk distributors, and to require them to produce their records, books, and\naccounts; to subpoena any other person from whom information is desired;\n\n6. To take depositions of witnesses within, or without, the Commonwealth. Any\nmember of the Commission, or any employee designated by the Commission, may\nadminister oaths to witnesses and sign and issue subpoenas; and\n\n7. To make, adopt, and enforce all regulations or orders necessary to carry out\nthe purposes of this chapter. Every order of the Commission shall be posted for\ninspection in the main office of the Commission, and a certified copy filed in\nthe office of the Commissioner. An order, applying only to a person named\ntherein, shall be served on the person affected. An order, that is required to\nbe served, shall be served by personal delivery of a certified copy, or by\nmailing a certified copy in a sealed envelope, with postage prepaid, to each\nperson affected; or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent of\nthe corporation upon whom legal process may be served. If an order is not\nrequired to be served, then it shall be posted in the main office of the\nCommission and filed in the office of the Commissioner, which shall constitute\ndue and sufficient notice to any person affected by the order.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-352; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-430; 2008, c. 860.","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}}