                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TOBACCO BOARD (§ 3.2-2405)

A. All funds levied and collected under this chapter shall be administered by
the Tobacco Board.

B. The Tobacco Board shall plan and conduct campaigns of education, advertising,
publicity, sales promotion, and research to increase the demand for, and the
consumption of, bright flue-cured and type 21 dark-fired tobaccos.

C. The Tobacco Board may make contracts, expend moneys of the Bright Flue-Cured
Tobacco Promotion Fund and the Dark-Fired Tobacco Promotion Fund, and do
whatever else may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

D. The Tobacco Board may cooperate with other state, regional, and national
agricultural organizations in research, advertising, publicity, education, and
other means of promoting the sale, use, and exportation of bright flue-cured and
type 21 dark-fired tobaccos, and expend moneys of the Bright Flue-Cured Tobacco
Promotion Fund and the Dark-Fired Tobacco Promotion Fund for such purposes.

E. The Chairman shall make a report at the annual meeting of the Tobacco Board
and furnish members with a statement of the total receipts and disbursements for
the year. He shall file a copy of such report and the audit required by &#xA7;
3.2-2407 with the Commissioner.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 3-245 to 3-248; 1966, c. 702, §§ 3.1-324 to 3.1-327;
1978, c. 540; 2008, c. 860; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2017, cc. 8, 66.