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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 29 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1990, chapter 370; in 2000, chapter 730<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71637,"identifier":"3.2-707","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-707","url":"\/3.2-707\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-707\/","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-707","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cooperation with other agencies and private organizations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-707","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the Commissioner<\/span> deems it necessary to suppress<\/span>, control, eradicate, prevent, or retard the spread of any pest<\/span>, he may cooperate with:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Any agency of the federal government, and may expend state funds on federal lands; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any agency of an adjacent state if the use of funds appropriated to carry out this article for operations in an adjacent are approved in advance by the Governor or his designee; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any agency of a local government within the Commonwealth; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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