3.2-901 - Powers and duties of Commissioner.
§ 3.2-901. Powers and duties of Commissioner.
A. The Commissioner shall conduct investigations and surveys to determineeconomic losses or public nuisances caused by nuisance birds and may developa plan of action when he has determined that they are causing or about tocause economic losses in the Commonwealth, are detrimental to the publichealth and welfare, or otherwise create a public nuisance.
B. The Commissioner may provide technical assistance to persons for thesuppression of any nuisance birds when it has been determined that they aredefacing or defiling public or private property.
C. The Commissioner may appoint an advisory committee to evaluate facts inany particular situation and to make recommendations to him on the course ofaction. Plan of action programs shall be selected and executed so as toprotect human life, other birds, and wildlife.
D. The Commissioner may upon receipt of a complaint of a nuisance birdproblem from an individual property owner, tenant, or sharecropper, make aninvestigation and determine the degree of assistance required. If after suchinvestigation the Commissioner finds suppression necessary, he shallrecommend acceptable means and methods.
E. The Commissioner may provide assistance and cooperate with federalagencies, other state agencies, other states, political subdivisions of theCommonwealth, public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, andpersons in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him by this chapter. Anyplan of action conducted by the Commissioner under the provisions of thischapter shall be consistent with other applicable state and federal laws.Money accepted from any cooperator or person shall be deposited to a specialnuisance bird fund to be expended in the enforcement of this chapter.
(1968, c. 64, §§ 3.1-1013, 3.1-1014, 3.1-1015, 3.1-1019; 2008, c. 860.)