23-132.3 - Duties of Division; how work to be performed.
§ 23-132.3. Duties of Division; how work to be performed.
A. The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service shall provide the people of theCommonwealth with information and knowledge on subjects related toagriculture, including horticulture and silviculture, agribusiness, homeeconomics, community resource development, 4-H Clubs, and subjects relatingthereto, through instruction and the dissemination of useful and practicalinformation through demonstrations, conferences, courses, workshops,publications, meetings, and mass media. The necessary printing anddistribution of information in connection with the foregoing and this workshall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University for the work of the Division, theVirginia State University for the work of the Service Program, the Governoror his designated representative, the United States Secretary of Agriculture,the United States Secretary of Commerce, and other participating bodies.
B. The Cooperative Extension Service Program shall also conduct educationalprograms and disseminate useful and practical information to the people ofthe Commonwealth.
C. The Agricultural Experiment Station shall conduct research andinvestigations and establish, publish and distribute results in such forms aswill tend to increase the economy, efficiency, and safety of the variousenterprises and activities of interest to the Commonwealth and the nation,and promote the conservation and economic utilization of its natural andhuman resources.
(1994, c. 433.)