3.2-3400 - Request of parties financially interested; fees to be deposited in Fund. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-3400. Request of parties financially interested; fees to be depositedin Fund.

A. In order to promote, protect, further, and develop the agriculturalinterests of the Commonwealth, the Commissioner may, when requested byparties financially interested in a lot of any agricultural products,investigate and certify the quality, condition, grade, or otherclassification of such agricultural product, pursuant to regulations adoptedby the Board, including prescribing payment of fees as the Commissioner deemsreasonable for the services provided by employees or licensed agents of theDepartment.

B. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fundto be known as the Certification of Agricultural Products Trust Fund,hereafter referred to as "the Fund." The Fund shall be established on thebooks of the Comptroller. All moneys levied and collected pursuant tosubsection A and § 3.2-4606 shall be paid into the state treasury andcredited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain inthe Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, includinginterest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to thegeneral fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be usedsolely to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

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