                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CATTLE INDUSTRY BOARD; COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS (§ 3.2-1301)

A. The Cattle Industry Board, established by the passage of a referendum held
pursuant to Chapter 375 of the Acts of Assembly of 1983, is continued within the
Department.
			The Board shall be composed of 11 members, each of whom shall be a citizen of
the United States and a resident of the Commonwealth. Each member shall have
been actively engaged in the type of production or business that he will
represent on the Board for at least five years, shall derive a substantial
proportion of his income from such production or business, and shall continue to
be actively engaged in such production or business during his term.

B. The Governor shall appoint the members, who represent the cattle industry as
follows:

   1. Six beef cattle producers, one from each cattle production area of the
   Commonwealth. The six areas shall be designated by the Board in general
   accordance with census-based feeder cattle populations and updated every five
   years using USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service information.

   2. Two producers doing business in any of the six cattle production areas.

   3. One dairy producer.

   4. Two handlers.

C. Such appointments shall be made by the Governor and confirmed in accordance
with &#xA7; 2.2-107. The Governor shall be guided in his appointments by
nominations made by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, Virginia
Cattlemen&#8217;s Association, Virginia Livestock Markets Association, or other
agricultural organizations representing Virginia cattle producers. Each such
agricultural organization may nominate producers from each production area or
for each Board position. The recommendations shall be submitted prior to the
expiration of the member&#8217;s term for which the nomination is being
provided. If any such agricultural organization fails to provide its
nominations, the Governor may appoint other nominees who meet the criteria set
out in this subsection. However, no nomination shall be considered if the
nominee currently serves on a board appointed pursuant to the USDA-approved
collection and administration of the National Beef Checkoff in accordance with
the federal 1985 National Beef Promotion Act and Order.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 310, §§ 3.1-796.15, 3.1-796.21; 1983, c. 375; 1985, c. 448;
2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 158, 691, 714; 2016, c. 565; 2018, c. 469.