                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHING MINIMUM RETAIL PRICE; EXEMPTION (§ 3.2-3209)

The Commission shall have no authority to establish a minimum retail price for
milk, except upon a determination after a public hearing that the absence of a
minimum retail price has caused or is about to cause a disruption in the
Virginia milk market or some segment of the market that is likely to depress the
producer price or has caused or is likely to cause a substantial reduction in
competition between processor-distributors in an area, so as to adversely affect
the public health and welfare that requires an adequate supply of milk at
reasonable and fair prices. In accordance with the Administrative Process Act,
§ 2.2-4000 et seq. and in particular § 2.2-4002, the Commission may establish
minimum retail prices on an emergency basis, prior to public hearing.
		The Commission, in establishing any minimum retail price when it deems it
necessary to do so, shall impose a minimum retail price only for an area or
political subdivision wherein the public interest as herein set forth justifies
a minimum retail price being set and shall be guided by the same factors used in
determining the reasonableness of prices under § 3.2-3208. The Commission shall
periodically review all outstanding minimum retail price orders to insure that
they do not remain in effect any longer than the public interest requires.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 467, § 3.1-437.1; 2008, c. 860.