3.2-1604 - Powers and duties of Egg Board. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-1604. Powers and duties of Egg Board.

A. The Egg Board shall have charge of the management and expenditures of theVirginia Egg Fund established in the state treasury.

B. The Egg Board may expend funds to provide for programs of research,education, publicity, advertising, and other promotion of eggs that are thesubject of the tax levy; manage the Virginia Egg Fund so as to accumulate areserve for contingencies; establish an office and employ such technical,professional, and other assistants as may be required; contract for research,publicity, advertising, and other promotional services; and take measures tostrengthen and promote the best interest of farmers producing eggs on whichthe tax has been levied in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

C. The Egg Board may establish an executive committee and charge it with suchpowers, duties, and functions as the Egg Board deems proper.

D. The chairman of the Egg Board shall make a report at each annual meetingof the Egg Board and furnish the members of the Egg Board with a statement ofthe total receipts and disbursements for the year. He shall file a copy ofthe report with the Commissioner and make copies of the report available forpublication.

E. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit the accounts of the Egg Boardas provided for in § 30-133.

(1980, c. 316, § 3.1-796.11:2; 1985, c. 448; 2008, c. 860.)