                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF EGG BOARD (§ 3.2-1604)

A. The Egg Board shall have charge of the management and expenditures of the
Virginia Egg Fund established in the state treasury.

B. The Egg Board may expend funds to provide for programs of research,
education, publicity, advertising, and other promotion of eggs that are the
subject of the tax levy; manage the Virginia Egg Fund so as to accumulate a
reserve for contingencies; establish an office and employ such technical,
professional, and other assistants as may be required; contract for research,
publicity, advertising, and other promotional services; and take measures to
strengthen and promote the best interest of farmers producing eggs on which the
tax has been levied in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

C. The Egg Board may establish an executive committee and charge it with such
powers, duties, and functions as the Egg Board deems proper.

D. The chairman of the Egg Board shall make a report at each annual meeting of
the Egg Board and furnish the members of the Egg Board with a statement of the
total receipts and disbursements for the year. He shall file a copy of the
report with the Commissioner and make copies of the report available for
publication.

E. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit the accounts of the Egg Board as
provided for in &#xA7; 30-133.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 316, § 3.1-796.11:2; 1985, c. 448; 2008, c. 860.