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The provisions of this section shall not preempt the adoption, amendment, or enforcement of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code pursuant to &#xA7; 27-97 and the Uniform Statewide Building Code pursuant to &#xA7; 36-98.B\n\nThe Commissioner may enter into an agreement with a locality to provide oversight and data collection assistance related to the requirements of certified contractor-applicators pursuant to &#xA7; 3.2-3602.1.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":242247,"text":"No locality shall regulate the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, use, application, storage or distribution of fertilizers except by ordinance as provided for in the requirements of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (&#xA7; 62.1-44.15:67 et seq.), the Erosion and Sediment Control Law (&#xA7; 62.1-44.15:51 et seq.), the Stormwater Management Act (&#xA7; 62.1-44.15:24 et seq.) or other nonpoint source regulations adopted by the Department of Environmental Quality or the State Water Control Board. The provisions of this section shall not preempt the adoption, amendment, or enforcement of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code pursuant to &#xA7; 27-97 and the Uniform Statewide Building Code pursuant to &#xA7; 36-98.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":242248,"text":"The Commissioner may enter into an agreement with a locality to provide oversight and data collection assistance related to the requirements of certified contractor-applicators pursuant to &#xA7; 3.2-3602.1.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14027,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fertilizer","identifier":"36","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13102,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:38","permalink":{"id":195619,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14027,"identifier":"36","token":"3.2\/III\/36","url":"\/3.2\/III\/36\/","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":59575,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3600","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-3600\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3600","metadata":false},{"id":68481,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3601","catch_line":"Authority of the Board and the Commissioner to adopt regulations","url":"\/3.2-3601\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3601","metadata":false},{"id":66799,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3602","catch_line":"Local government regulation of fertilizer","url":"\/3.2-3602\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3602","metadata":false},{"id":55117,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3602.1","catch_line":"Board authorized to adopt regulations for the application of regulated products to nonagricultural property; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0563\">563<\/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 4 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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0341\">341<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0353\">353<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0756\">756<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0793\">793<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0413\">413<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68330,"section_number":"27-97","catch_line":"Adoption of Fire Prevention Code","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-97\/"},{"id":55117,"section_number":"3.2-3602.1","catch_line":"Board authorized to adopt regulations for the application of regulated products to nonagricultural property; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3602.1\/"},{"id":71282,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:24","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_24\/"},{"id":59976,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:51","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_51\/"},{"id":72347,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:67","catch_line":"Cooperative state-local program","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_67\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195629,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66799,"identifier":"3.2-3602","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3602","url":"\/3.2-3602\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3602\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3602","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local government regulation of fertilizer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3602","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No locality shall regulate the registration, packaging, <span class=\"dictionary\">labeling<\/span>, sale, use, application, storage or distribution of <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizers<\/span> except by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> as provided for in the requirements of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Cooperative state-local program\" href=\"\/62.1-44.15_67\/\">62.1-44.15:67<\/a> et seq.), the Erosion and Sediment Control <span class=\"dictionary\">Law<\/span> (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/62.1-44.15_51\/\">62.1-44.15:51<\/a> et seq.), the Stormwater Management Act (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/62.1-44.15_24\/\">62.1-44.15:24<\/a> et seq.) or other nonpoint source regulations adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality or the State Water Control <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. The provisions of this section shall not preempt the adoption, amendment, or enforcement of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Adoption of Fire Prevention Code\" href=\"\/27-97\/\">27-97<\/a> and the Uniform Statewide Building Code pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Board to promulgate Statewide Code; other codes and regulations superseded; exceptions\" href=\"\/36-98\/\">36-98<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-242247\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3602\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may enter into an agreement with a locality to provide oversight and data collection assistance related to the requirements of certified <span class=\"dictionary\">contractor-applicators<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Board authorized to adopt regulations for the application of regulated products to nonagricultural property; civil penalty\" href=\"\/3.2-3602.1\/\">3.2-3602.1<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-242248\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3602\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF FERTILIZER (\u00a7 3.2-3602)\n\nA. No locality shall regulate the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, use,\napplication, storage or distribution of fertilizers except by ordinance as\nprovided for in the requirements of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (&#xA7;\n62.1-44.15:67 et seq.), the Erosion and Sediment Control Law (&#xA7;\n62.1-44.15:51 et seq.), the Stormwater Management Act (&#xA7; 62.1-44.15:24 et\nseq.) or other nonpoint source regulations adopted by the Department of\nEnvironmental Quality or the State Water Control Board. The provisions of this\nsection shall not preempt the adoption, amendment, or enforcement of the\nStatewide Fire Prevention Code pursuant to &#xA7; 27-97 and the Uniform\nStatewide Building Code pursuant to &#xA7; 36-98.\n\nB. The Commissioner may enter into an agreement with a locality to provide\noversight and data collection assistance related to the requirements of\ncertified contractor-applicators pursuant to &#xA7; 3.2-3602.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 563, \u00a7 3.1-106.4:1; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 341, 353; 2013,\ncc. 756, 793; 2020, c. 413.","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}}