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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57576</law_id><section_number>3.2-305</section_number><catch_line>Guidelines and criteria for awarding grants from Fund</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-306</reference><reference>3.2-307</reference><reference>3.2-308</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Protection and Promotion of Agriculture</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, in consultation with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Forestry, shall assist the Governor in developing objective guidelines and criteria that shall be used in awarding grants from the <span class="dictionary">Fund</span>. The guidelines may include a requirement for the affected localities to provide matching <span class="dictionary">funds</span>, which may be cash or in-kind, at the discretion of the Governor. The guidelines may require that as a condition of receiving any grant incentive that is based on employment goals, a recipient company must provide copies of employer quarterly payroll reports provided to the Virginia Employment Commission to verify the employment status of any position included in the employment goal. The guidelines and criteria shall include provisions for geographic diversity, a requirement that a project purchase a minimum percentage of Virginia-grown or Virginia-produced agricultural or <span class="dictionary">forestal products</span> to which its processes are adding value, and a cap on the amount of <span class="dictionary">funds</span> to be provided to any individual project.</p></section></text><history>2012, cc. 466, 622; 2013, c. 547.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
