                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TOBACCO BOARD; COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS (§ 3.2-2401)

The Tobacco Board is hereby established within the Department. The Tobacco Board
shall consist of eight members. Each of the five production areas of flue-cured
tobacco set out in § 3.2-2402 shall have a representative on the Tobacco Board,
except that Area I shall have two representatives and two members shall
represent, as nearly as possible, each important type 21 dark-fired
tobacco-producing section in the Commonwealth. The Governor shall appoint
members from nominations made by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and other
organizations representing bright flue-cured tobacco growers or type 21
dark-fired tobacco growers in tobacco-producing counties. Each member shall be a
citizen of the Commonwealth and engaged in producing tobacco in the
Commonwealth. If the organizations fail to provide nominations, the Governor may
appoint other nominees that meet the foregoing criteria.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-241; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-320; 1978, c. 540; 1985, c.
448; 1994, c. 964; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 691, 714; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2017,
cc. 8, 66; 2025, cc. 75, 88.