1. A. The Apple Board may:

   1. 1. Administer, manage and make expenditures from the Apple Fund;
   2. 2. Plan and conduct campaigns of research, education, publicity, and industry development for the purpose of enhancing the viability and profitability of the Virginia apple industry;
   3. 3. Make contracts to accomplish the purposes of this chapter;
   4. 4. Cooperate with other state, regional, national, and international organizations in research concerning education on promotion of apples, and expend moneys of the Apple Fund for such purposes;
   5. 5. Establish committees of the Apple Board to address horticultural and such other issues as the Apple Board deems pertinent to the Virginia apple industry; and
   6. 6. Do whatever else may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
2. B. The chairman shall make a report at least annually, furnishing Apple Board members with a statement of total receipts and disbursements of the Apple Board for the year. The chairman shall annually file with the Commissioner a copy of the report and audit that is required under the Apple Fund.

Code 1950, § 3-515; 1958, c. 148; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-635; 1978, c. 540; 1999, c. 793; 2004, c. 214; 2008, c. 860; 2026, cc. 23 and 24, cl.2.