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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 175 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1996, chapter 266<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 158<\/a> and 180<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 958<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59545,"section_number":"3.2-802","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board; quarantine","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-802\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194313,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55279,"identifier":"3.2-801","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-801","url":"\/3.2-801\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-801\/","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-801","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of Commissioner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-801","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> shall exercise or perform the powers and duties imposed upon him by this chapter. The Commissioner<\/span> shall make surveys for noxious weeds<\/span> and when the Commissioner<\/span> determines that an infestation exists within the Commonwealth, he may request the Board<\/span> to declare the weed to be noxious under this chapter and the Board<\/span> shall proceed as specified in \u00a7 3.2-802<\/a>.\n\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> in coordination with the Department<\/span> of Wildlife Resources shall develop a plan for the identification and control of noxious weeds<\/span> in the surface waters and lakes of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> may cooperate with any person<\/span> or any agency of the federal government in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.\n\t\tExpenses incurred on property owned or controlled by the federal government shall be reimbursed and refunded to the appropriation from which they were expended.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER (\u00a7 3.2-801)\n\nThe Commissioner shall exercise or perform the powers and duties imposed upon\nhim by this chapter. The Commissioner shall make surveys for noxious weeds and\nwhen the Commissioner determines that an infestation exists within the\nCommonwealth, he may request the Board to declare the weed to be noxious under\nthis chapter and the Board shall proceed as specified in \u00a7 3.2-802.\n\t\tThe Commissioner in coordination with the Department of Wildlife Resources\nshall develop a plan for the identification and control of noxious weeds in the\nsurface waters and lakes of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Commissioner may cooperate with any person or any agency of the federal\ngovernment in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.\n\t\tExpenses incurred on property owned or controlled by the federal government\nshall be reimbursed and refunded to the appropriation from which they were\nexpended.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 175, \u00a7 3.1-296.13; 1996, c. 266; 2008, c. 860; 2015, cc. 158,\n180; 2020, c. 958.","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}}