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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 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":false,"permalink":{"id":194281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58063,"identifier":"3.2-709","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-709","url":"\/3.2-709\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-709\/","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-709","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority for compensation to growers in infested areas","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-709","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span>, when he determines that it is necessary to fulfill the objectives of this article, may authorize the payment of reasonable compensation to growers in infested<\/span> areas for eliminating or not planting host<\/span> crops, or otherwise controlling the target pest<\/span>, pursuant to instructions issued by the Commissioner<\/span> or for losses or expenses resulting from the destruction of any host<\/span> or regulated articles<\/span>. No payment shall be authorized for the destruction of regulated articles<\/span> moved in violation of any regulation or any hosts<\/span> planted contrary to instructions issued by the Commissioner<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY FOR COMPENSATION TO GROWERS IN INFESTED AREAS (\u00a7 3.2-709)\n\nThe Commissioner, when he determines that it is necessary to fulfill the\nobjectives of this article, may authorize the payment of reasonable compensation\nto growers in infested areas for eliminating or not planting host crops, or\notherwise controlling the target pest, pursuant to instructions issued by the\nCommissioner or for losses or expenses resulting from the destruction of any\nhost or regulated articles. No payment shall be authorized for the destruction\nof regulated articles moved in violation of any regulation or any hosts planted\ncontrary to instructions issued by the Commissioner.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 29, \u00a7 3.1-188.28; 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}}