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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1958, chapter 483; in 1966, chapters 9 and 702; in 1994, chapter 577<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80577,"section_number":"3.2-4008","catch_line":"Labeling and advertising requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4008\/"},{"id":84114,"section_number":"3.2-4016","catch_line":"Exemptions from certain provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4016\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80577,"section_number":"3.2-4008","catch_line":"Labeling and advertising requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4008\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196061,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78385,"identifier":"3.2-4001","token":"3.2\/III\/40\/1\/3.2-4001","url":"\/3.2-4001\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4001\/","token":"3.2\/III\/40\/1\/3.2-4001","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Board to adopt regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4001","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> may adopt regulations:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Governing: (i) methods of sampling; (ii) methods of inspection; (iii) methods of testing in the laboratory and in the field; (iv) the establishment of standards; (v) the establishment of code designations<\/span>; and (vi) the establishment of tolerances<\/span> for agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree and shrub, lawn and turf seeds<\/span>, mixtures<\/span> of such seeds, and screenings<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Providing a list of prohibited and restricted noxious-weed seeds<\/span><\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Providing for the labeling<\/span> of flower seeds<\/span> by kind<\/span>, variety<\/span>, type, or performance characteristics as required by § 3.2-4008<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Providing a list of tree and shrub seeds<\/span> subject to the seed purity and germination<\/span> labeling<\/span> requirements of subsection I of § 3.2-4008<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Providing for the registration of the pedigree of any hybrid<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Providing a list of those kinds<\/span> of seed that may be sold only by variety<\/span> name; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Establishing special labeling<\/span> requirements, in addition to the requirements of § 3.2-4008<\/a>, for the sale<\/span> or distribution of seeds produced from transgenetic<\/span> plant material<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> Providing a list of second generation hybrids<\/span> that may be sold as a hybrid<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> Providing a list of seeds specified as lawn and turf seeds<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> Establishing tolerances<\/span> that recognize variations between analyses, tests, label statements, and subsequent analyses to be used in enforcement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF BOARD TO ADOPT REGULATIONS (\u00a7 3.2-4001)\n\nThe Board may adopt regulations:\n\n1. Governing: (i) methods of sampling; (ii) methods of inspection; (iii) methods\nof testing in the laboratory and in the field; (iv) the establishment of\nstandards; (v) the establishment of code designations; and (vi) the\nestablishment of tolerances for agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree and shrub,\nlawn and turf seeds, mixtures of such seeds, and screenings;\n\n2. Providing a list of prohibited and restricted noxious-weed seeds;\n\n3. Providing for the labeling of flower seeds by kind, variety, type, or\nperformance characteristics as required by § 3.2-4008;\n\n4. Providing a list of tree and shrub seeds subject to the seed purity and\ngermination labeling requirements of subsection I of § 3.2-4008;\n\n5. Providing for the registration of the pedigree of any hybrid;\n\n6. Providing a list of those kinds of seed that may be sold only by variety\nname;\n\n7. Establishing special labeling requirements, in addition to the requirements\nof § 3.2-4008, for the sale or distribution of seeds produced from\ntransgenetic plant material;\n\n8. Providing a list of second generation hybrids that may be sold as a hybrid;\n\n9. Providing a list of seeds specified as lawn and turf seeds; and\n\n10. Establishing tolerances that recognize variations between analyses, tests,\nlabel statements, and subsequent analyses to be used in enforcement.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 3-219.8, 3-219.9:1; 1958, c. 483; 1966, cc. 9, 702,\n\u00a7\u00a7 3.1-269, 3.1-271; 1994, c. 577, \u00a7 3.1-275.5; 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}}