§ 3.2-4003. Powers and duties of the Commissioner.
The Commissioner may:
1. Establish and maintain seed-testing facilities;
2. Fix and collect fees for testing seeds for farmers and dealers that haverequested the tests;
3. Establish and maintain facilities for the verification of kind and variety;
4. Publish the results of analyses, tests, examinations, studies, andinvestigations authorized by this article together with any other informationhe may deem advisable;
5. Cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in seed law enforcement;
6. Require the registrant of any variety or hybrid offered for sale tofurnish: (i) the recognized variety name or recognized hybrid designation ofsuch variety or hybrid; (ii) a 1,000 viable seed sample of such seed; and(iii) the history of its development and the name of the person who developedsuch variety or hybrid and first introduced it for production and sale;
7. Require the registration annually of all fields planted for the productionof hybrid seed on or before June 20 and provide for inspection of suchfields; and
8. Appoint a seed advisory committee.
(Code 1950, § 3-219.9; 1958, c. 483; 1966, cc. 9, 702, § 3.1-270; 1986, c.615; 1994, c. 577; 2008, c. 860.)
§ 3.2-4003. Powers and duties of the Commissioner.
The Commissioner may:
1. Establish and maintain seed-testing facilities;
2. Fix and collect fees for testing seeds for farmers and dealers that haverequested the tests;
3. Establish and maintain facilities for the verification of kind and variety;
4. Publish the results of analyses, tests, examinations, studies, andinvestigations authorized by this article together with any other informationhe may deem advisable;
5. Cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in seed law enforcement;
6. Require the registrant of any variety or hybrid offered for sale tofurnish: (i) the recognized variety name or recognized hybrid designation ofsuch variety or hybrid; (ii) a 1,000 viable seed sample of such seed; and(iii) the history of its development and the name of the person who developedsuch variety or hybrid and first introduced it for production and sale;
7. Require the registration annually of all fields planted for the productionof hybrid seed on or before June 20 and provide for inspection of suchfields; and
8. Appoint a seed advisory committee.
(Code 1950, § 3-219.9; 1958, c. 483; 1966, cc. 9, 702, § 3.1-270; 1986, c.615; 1994, c. 577; 2008, c. 860.)
§ 3.2-4003. Powers and duties of the Commissioner.
The Commissioner may:
1. Establish and maintain seed-testing facilities;
2. Fix and collect fees for testing seeds for farmers and dealers that haverequested the tests;
3. Establish and maintain facilities for the verification of kind and variety;
4. Publish the results of analyses, tests, examinations, studies, andinvestigations authorized by this article together with any other informationhe may deem advisable;
5. Cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in seed law enforcement;
6. Require the registrant of any variety or hybrid offered for sale tofurnish: (i) the recognized variety name or recognized hybrid designation ofsuch variety or hybrid; (ii) a 1,000 viable seed sample of such seed; and(iii) the history of its development and the name of the person who developedsuch variety or hybrid and first introduced it for production and sale;
7. Require the registration annually of all fields planted for the productionof hybrid seed on or before June 20 and provide for inspection of suchfields; and
8. Appoint a seed advisory committee.
(Code 1950, § 3-219.9; 1958, c. 483; 1966, cc. 9, 702, § 3.1-270; 1986, c.615; 1994, c. 577; 2008, c. 860.)
