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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 467 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":69625,"section_number":"2.2-4002","catch_line":"Exemptions from chapter generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4002\/"},{"id":79222,"section_number":"3.2-3208","catch_line":"Establishing prices generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3208\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85055,"identifier":"3.2-3209","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3209","url":"\/3.2-3209\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3209\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishing minimum retail price; exemption","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span> shall have no authority to establish a minimum retail price for milk<\/span>, except upon a determination after a public hearing<\/span> that the absence of a minimum retail price has caused or is about to cause a disruption in the Virginia milk<\/span> market<\/span> or some segment of the market<\/span> that is likely to depress the producer<\/span> price or has caused or is likely to cause a substantial reduction in competition between processor-distributors<\/span> in an area, so as to adversely affect the public health and welfare that requires an adequate supply of milk<\/span> at reasonable and fair prices. In accordance with the Administrative Process Act, \u00a7 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq. and in particular \u00a7 2.2-4002<\/a>, the Commission<\/span> may establish minimum retail prices on an emergency basis, prior to public hearing<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Commission<\/span>, in establishing any minimum retail price when it deems it necessary to do so, shall impose a minimum retail price only for an area or political subdivision wherein the public interest as herein set forth justifies a minimum retail price being set and shall be guided by the same factors used in determining the reasonableness of prices under \u00a7 3.2-3208<\/a>. The Commission<\/span> shall periodically review all outstanding minimum retail price orders<\/span> to insure that they do not remain in effect any longer than the public interest requires.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHING MINIMUM RETAIL PRICE; EXEMPTION (\u00a7 3.2-3209)\n\nThe Commission shall have no authority to establish a minimum retail price for\nmilk, except upon a determination after a public hearing that the absence of a\nminimum retail price has caused or is about to cause a disruption in the\nVirginia milk market or some segment of the market that is likely to depress the\nproducer price or has caused or is likely to cause a substantial reduction in\ncompetition between processor-distributors in an area, so as to adversely affect\nthe public health and welfare that requires an adequate supply of milk at\nreasonable and fair prices. In accordance with the Administrative Process Act,\n\u00a7 2.2-4000 et seq. and in particular \u00a7 2.2-4002, the Commission may establish\nminimum retail prices on an emergency basis, prior to public hearing.\n\t\tThe Commission, in establishing any minimum retail price when it deems it\nnecessary to do so, shall impose a minimum retail price only for an area or\npolitical subdivision wherein the public interest as herein set forth justifies\na minimum retail price being set and shall be guided by the same factors used in\ndetermining the reasonableness of prices under \u00a7 3.2-3208. The Commission shall\nperiodically review all outstanding minimum retail price orders to insure that\nthey do not remain in effect any longer than the public interest requires.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 467, \u00a7 3.1-437.1; 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}}