                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER (§ 3.2-4782)

A. The Commissioner shall establish the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance
Program (VAFA Program) for Virginia farmers and food producers to donate, sell,
or otherwise provide agriculture products to charitable food assistance
organizations.

B. The Commissioner may contract with charitable food assistance organizations
operating in Virginia or regional charitable food assistance organizations to
carry out the provisions of this chapter.

C. The Commissioner shall provide grants from the Fund to charitable food
assistance organizations to reimburse farmers or food producers for any costs
associated with harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture
products donated, sold, or otherwise provided to such charitable food assistance
organizations.

D. The Commissioner may develop guidelines and adopt regulations to carry out
the provisions of this chapter. Such regulations shall prohibit any charitable
food assistance organization that contracts with or receives a grant from the
Commissioner from attributing more than 10 percent of the total grant or
contract amount to administrative costs.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 332, 333.