- A. The Egg Board shall have charge of the management and expenditures of the Virginia Egg Fund established in the state treasury.
- B. The Egg Board may expend funds to provide for programs of research, education, publicity, advertising, and other promotion of eggs that are the subject of the tax levy; manage the Virginia Egg Fund so as to accumulate a reserve for contingencies; establish an office and employ such technical, professional, and other assistants as may be required; contract for research, publicity, advertising, and other promotional services; and take measures to strengthen and promote the best interest of farmers producing eggs on which the tax has been levied in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
- C. The Egg Board may establish an executive committee and charge it with such powers, duties, and functions as the Egg Board deems proper.
- D. The chairman of the Egg Board shall make a report at each annual meeting of the Egg Board and furnish the members of the Egg Board with a statement of the total receipts and disbursements for the year. He shall file a copy of the report with the Commissioner and make copies of the report available for publication.
- E. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit the accounts of the Egg Board as provided for in § 30-133.
1980, c. 316, § 3.1-796.11:2; 1985, c. 448; 2008, c. 860.