7879843.2-6023Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Agriculture, Animal Care, And FoodDomestic AnimalsLivestock And PoultryContagious And Infectious Diseases.Prevention and control measures; penalty2006, c. 442, § 3.1-741.6; 2008, c. 860; 2016, c. 563.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/3.2-6023/2.2-4000Short title; purpose/2.2-4000/3.2-6045Livestock and Poultry Disease Fund/3.2-6045//3.2-6023/3.2/V/60/1/3.2-60233.2-6044The Commissioner may adopt regulations to prevent and control avian influenza in the live-bird marketing system and is authorized to participate in the federal Live Bird Marketing Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as it may be amended from time to time. In adopting such regulations, the Commissioner shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) and from public participation guidelines adopted pursuant thereto. The State Veterinarian and his representatives are authorized and empowered to enter the premises of any entity within the live-bird marketing system to carry out the provisions of any regulations adopted pursuant to this section. Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall, unless a later effective date is specified, take effect upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who shall publish the regulations as final regulations in the Virginia Register of Regulations, except that no requirement authorized by subsection B that a person be registered or licensed may take effect any sooner than 90 days after the promulgation date of the regulations containing such requirement, the promulgation date being the date of publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations of the final regulations containing such requirement. The regulations shall contain a preamble stating that the Board will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision of such regulations.sectionAA1The Commissioner shall establish by regulation a registration or licensing system to regulate the live-bird marketing system in Virginia. As a part of such registration or licensing system, the Commissioner shall register or license all persons who participate in any component of the live-bird marketing system. Such registration or licensing system may include the granting, denial, suspension, or revocation of any registration or license, including governing: (i) the grounds for granting such registration or license; and (ii) the grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of such registration or license.sectionBB1Any person violating any regulation adopted pursuant to this section may be assessed a civil penalty by the Commissioner in an amount not to excsectionCC1