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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0153\">153<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":358395,"section_number":"3.2-802","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board; quarantine","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-802\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345361,"identifier":"10.1-104.6:2","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/1\/10.1-104.6_2","url":"\/10.1-104.6_2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-104.6_2\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/1\/10.1-104.6_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Invasive plant species","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-104.6:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall create a list of invasive plant species no later than January 1, 2024, and shall update such list at least every four years thereafter. <a id=\"paragraph-1287588\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-104.6_2\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No agency of the Commonwealth shall plant, sell, or propagate any plant on the list of invasive plants established in subsection A except when doing so is necessary for scientific or educational purposes or bona fide agricultural purposes including the management, tilling, planting, or harvesting of agricultural products. <a id=\"paragraph-1287589\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-104.6_2\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVASIVE PLANT SPECIES (\u00a7 10.1-104.6:2)\n\nA. The Department shall create a list of invasive plant species no later than\nJanuary 1, 2024, and shall update such list at least every four years\nthereafter.\n\nB. No agency of the Commonwealth shall plant, sell, or propagate any plant on\nthe list of invasive plants established in subsection A except when doing so is\nnecessary for scientific or educational purposes or bona fide agricultural\npurposes including the management, tilling, planting, or harvesting of\nagricultural products.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 153.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}