                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER (§ 3.2-801)

The Commissioner shall exercise or perform the powers and duties imposed upon
him by this chapter. The Commissioner shall make surveys for noxious weeds and
when the Commissioner determines that an infestation exists within the
Commonwealth, he may request the Board to declare the weed to be noxious under
this chapter and the Board shall proceed as specified in § 3.2-802.
		The Commissioner in coordination with the Department of Wildlife Resources
shall develop a plan for the identification and control of noxious weeds in the
surface waters and lakes of the Commonwealth.
		The Commissioner may cooperate with any person or any agency of the federal
government in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
		Expenses incurred on property owned or controlled by the federal government
shall be reimbursed and refunded to the appropriation from which they were
expended.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 175, § 3.1-296.13; 1996, c. 266; 2008, c. 860; 2015, cc. 158,
180; 2020, c. 958.