3.2-722 - Relations with nonparty jurisdictions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-722. Relations with nonparty jurisdictions.

A. A party state may make application for assistance from the insurance fundin respect of a pest in a nonparty state. Such application shall beconsidered and disposed of by the governing board or executive committee inthe same manner as an application with respect to a pest within a partystate, except as provided in this section.

B. At or in connection with any meeting of the governing board or executivecommittee held pursuant to subsection D of § 3.2-720 of this compact anonparty state shall be entitled to appear, participate, and receiveinformation only to such extent as the governing board or executive committeemay provide. A nonparty state shall not be entitled to review of anydetermination made by the executive committee.

C. The governing board or executive committee shall authorize expendituresfrom the insurance fund to be made in a nonparty state only after determiningthat the conditions in such state and the value of such expenditures to theparty states as a whole justify them. The governing board or executivecommittee may set any conditions that it deems appropriate with respect tothe expenditure of moneys from the insurance fund in a nonparty state and mayenter into such agreement or agreements with nonparty states and otherjurisdictions or entities as it may deem necessary or appropriate to protectthe interests of the insurance fund with respect to expenditures andactivities outside of party states.

(1970, c. 174, § 3.1-188.9; 2008, c. 860.)