                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUEST OF PARTIES FINANCIALLY INTERESTED; FEES TO BE DEPOSITED IN FUND (§
3.2-3400)

A. In order to promote, protect, further, and develop the agricultural interests
of the Commonwealth, the Commissioner may, when requested by parties financially
interested in a lot of any agricultural products, investigate and certify the
quality, condition, grade, or other classification of such agricultural product,
pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board, including prescribing payment of
fees as the Commissioner deems reasonable for the services provided by employees
or licensed agents of the Department.

B. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to
be known as the Certification of Agricultural Products Trust Fund, hereafter
referred to as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the
books of the Comptroller. All moneys levied and collected pursuant to subsection
A and &#xA7; 3.2-4606 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be
credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at
the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall
remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely to carry out the
provisions of this chapter.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 3-28, 3-29; 1966, c. 702, §§ 3.1-28, 3.1-29; 2008, c.
860.