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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74648</law_id><section_number>3.2-701</section_number><catch_line>Administration; regulations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="7">Tree and Crop Pests</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Pests</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall protect the agricultural, horticultural, and other interests of the Commonwealth from plant <span class="dictionary">pests</span> and supervise and direct the execution of this article and regulations adopted hereunder.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 29, &#xA7; 3.1-188.21; 1980, c. 291; 2000, c. 730; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
