The Tobacco Board is hereby established within the Department. The Tobacco Board shall consist of nine members. Each of the six production areas of flue-cured tobacco set out in § 3.2-2402 shall have a representative on the Tobacco Board, and three members shall represent, as nearly as possible, each important type 21 dark-fired tobacco-producing section in the Commonwealth. The Governor shall appoint members from nominations made by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and other organizations representing bright flue-cured tobacco growers or type 21 dark-fired tobacco growers in tobacco-producing counties. Each member shall be a citizen of the Commonwealth and engaged in producing tobacco in the Commonwealth. If the organizations fail to provide nominations, the Governor may appoint other nominees that meet the foregoing criteria.
Code 1950, § 3-241; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-320; 1978, c. 540; 1985, c. 448; 1994, c. 964; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 691, 714; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2017, cc. 8, 66.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
§ 3.2-2401. Tobacco Board; composition and appointment of members
§ 3.2-2402. Production areas designated
§ 3.2-2405. Powers and duties of the Tobacco Board
§ 3.2-2406. Collection of assessment
§ 3.2-2407. Bright Flue-Cured Tobacco Promotion Fund established
§ 3.2-2407.1. Dark-Fired Tobacco Promotion Fund established
§ 3.2-2408. Collection and disposition of tax; reports
§ 3.2-2409. Records to be kept by warehouse and handler
§ 3.2-2410. Collection of unpaid assessment and interest thereon