                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-800)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Certificate&#8221; means a document issued or authorized by the
Commissioner indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with a
noxious weed.
		&#8220;Infested&#8221; means the establishment of a noxious weed or exposure
to such weed, which would be reasonable cause to believe that establishment
could occur.
		&#8220;Move&#8221; means to ship, offer for shipment, receive for
transportation, carry, or otherwise transport, move, or allow to be moved,
except for bona fide agricultural purposes including the management, tilling,
planting, or harvesting of agricultural products.
		&#8220;Noxious weed&#8221; means any living plant, or part thereof, declared
by the Board through regulations under this chapter to be detrimental to crops,
surface waters, including lakes, or other desirable plants, livestock, land, or
other property, or to be injurious to public health, the environment, or the
economy, except when in-state production of such living plant, or part thereof,
is commercially viable or such living plant is commercially propagated in
Virginia.
		&#8220;Permit&#8221; means a document issued or authorized by the Commissioner
to provide for movement of regulated articles to restricted destinations for
limited handling, utilization, processing, or for scientific purposes.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; means the term as defined in § 1-230. The term also
means any society.
		&#8220;Quarantine&#8221; means a legal declaration by the Board that
specifies: (i) the noxious weed; (ii) the articles to be regulated; (iii)
conditions governing movement; and (iv) exemptions.
		&#8220;Regulated article&#8221; means any article of any character as
described in this chapter or in the quarantine carrying or capable of carrying a
noxious weed against which this chapter or the quarantine is directed.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 175, § 3.1-296.12; 1996, c. 266; 2008, c. 860; 2016, c. 171;
2023, c. 153.