                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM (§
3.2-310)

A. The Governor may award grants from the Fund for the Agriculture and Forestry
Industries Development Planning Grant Program to encourage efforts by political
subdivisions to support agriculture and forestry.

B. Any funds awarded by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be awarded
as reimbursable grants to political subdivisions.

C. The Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry shall develop guidelines for the
Planning Grant Program and administer the Program on behalf of the Governor.
Such guidelines shall (i) include a requirement that any political subdivision
applying for a grant provide matching funds and (ii) state the criteria the
Governor will use in evaluating any grant application submitted pursuant to this
section. Such guidelines may (a) allow contributions to a project by certain
specified entities, such as a nonprofit organization or charitable foundation,
to count as eligible local matching funds and (b) accept a reduced match
requirement for an economically distressed locality applying for an award.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 1220; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 185.