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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 412<\/a> and 473<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63371,"section_number":"3.2-4416","catch_line":"Beehive distribution program","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4416\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63371,"section_number":"3.2-4416","catch_line":"Beehive distribution program","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4416\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196553,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76448,"identifier":"3.2-4415","token":"3.2\/III\/44\/3.2-4415","url":"\/3.2-4415\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4415\/","token":"3.2\/III\/44\/3.2-4415","dublin_core":{"Title":"Beehive Grant Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4415","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

From such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly and any gifts, grants, or donations from public or private sources, there is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting, permanent fund to be known as the Beehive Grant Fund (the Fund), to be administered by the Department<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year, including interest thereon, shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund, which shall be in the form of grants, shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon the written request signed by the Commissioner<\/span>. Grants from the Fund shall only be made for the purposes of the beehive distribution program pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-4416<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBEEHIVE GRANT FUND (\u00a7 3.2-4415)\n\nFrom such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly and any gifts,\ngrants, or donations from public or private sources, there is hereby created in\nthe state treasury a special nonreverting, permanent fund to be known as the\nBeehive Grant Fund (the Fund), to be administered by the Department of\nAgriculture and Consumer Services. The Fund shall be established on the books of\nthe Comptroller. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund\nand be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of each\nfiscal year, including interest thereon, shall not revert to the general fund\nbut shall remain in the Fund. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund,\nwhich shall be in the form of grants, shall be made by the State Treasurer on\nwarrants issued by the Comptroller upon the written request signed by the\nCommissioner. Grants from the Fund shall only be made for the purposes of the\nbeehive distribution program pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-4416.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 412, 473.","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}}