                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL POWERS OF THE MILK COMMISSION (§ 3.2-3204)

The Commission shall be vested with the following powers:

1. To confer and cooperate with the legally constituted authorities of other
states and of the United States, with a view of securing a uniformity of milk
control, with respect to milk coming into the Commonwealth and going out of the
Commonwealth in interstate commerce, with a view of accomplishing the purposes
of this chapter and to enter into a compact or compacts for such uniform system
of milk control;

2. To investigate all matters pertaining to the production, processing, storage,
transportation, distribution, and sale of milk in the Commonwealth;

3. To supervise, regulate, and control the production, transportation,
processing, storage, distribution, delivery, and sale of milk for consumption
within the Commonwealth;

4. To act as mediator or arbiter in any controversial issue that may arise among
or between milk producers and distributors, as between themselves, or that may
arise between them as groups;

5. To examine into the business, books, and accounts of any milk producer,
association of producers, or milk distributors, their affiliates or
subsidiaries; to issue subpoenas to milk producers, associations of producers,
and milk distributors, and to require them to produce their records, books, and
accounts; to subpoena any other person from whom information is desired;

6. To take depositions of witnesses within, or without, the Commonwealth. Any
member of the Commission, or any employee designated by the Commission, may
administer oaths to witnesses and sign and issue subpoenas; and

7. To make, adopt, and enforce all regulations or orders necessary to carry out
the purposes of this chapter. Every order of the Commission shall be posted for
inspection in the main office of the Commission, and a certified copy filed in
the office of the Commissioner. An order, applying only to a person named
therein, shall be served on the person affected. An order, that is required to
be served, shall be served by personal delivery of a certified copy, or by
mailing a certified copy in a sealed envelope, with postage prepaid, to each
person affected; or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent of
the corporation upon whom legal process may be served. If an order is not
required to be served, then it shall be posted in the main office of the
Commission and filed in the office of the Commissioner, which shall constitute
due and sufficient notice to any person affected by the order.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-352; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-430; 2008, c. 860.