                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACT OF BIOTERRORISM AGAINST AGRICULTURAL CROPS OR ANIMALS; PENALTY (§
18.2-46.7)

Any person who maliciously destroys or devastates agricultural crops or
agricultural animals having a value of $2,500 or more through the use of an
infectious biological substance with the intent to (i) intimidate the civilian
population or (ii) influence the conduct or activities of the government of the
United States, a state or locality through intimidation, is guilty of a Class 3
felony.
		For the purposes of this section &#8220;agricultural animal&#8221; means all
livestock and poultry as defined in § 3.2-5900 and &#8220;agricultural
crop&#8221; means cultivated plants or produce, including grain, silage,
forages, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits, nursery stock or turf grass.

HISTORY: 2002, cc. 588, 623.