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HOUSE BILL NO. 2611 Offered January 10, 2001 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.1-51.9, 2.1-51.40 and 10.1-1100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to placing the Department of Forestry under the Secretary of Natural Resources. ---------- Patron-- Abbitt ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 2.1-51.9, 2.1-51.40 and 10.1-1100 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.1-51.9. Agencies for which Secretary of Natural Resources responsible.

The Secretary shall be responsible to the Governor for the following agencies: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Historic Resources, Marine Resources Commission, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Chippokes Plantation Farm Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Department of Forestry and the Department of Environmental Quality.

The Governor may, by executive order, assign any state executive agency to the Secretary of Natural Resources, or reassign any agency listed above to another secretary.

§ 2.1-51.40. Agencies for which Secretary of Commerce and Trade responsible.

The Secretary shall be responsible to the Governor for the following agencies: Department of Business Assistance, Department of Forestry, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Department of Labor and Industry, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Virginia Employment Commission, Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Milk Commission, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Minority Business Enterprise, Virginia Agricultural Council, Commission for the Arts, and Virginia Marine Products Board.

The Governor, by executive order, may assign any state executive agency to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, or reassign any agency listed in this section to another secretary.

§ 10.1-1100. Department of Forestry; appointment of the State Forester.

The Department of Forestry, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the Department, is continued as an agency under the supervision of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade Natural Resources. The Department shall be headed by the State Forester, who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure for a term coincident with his own.

Any vacancy in the office of the State Forester shall be filled by appointment by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia.

The State Forester shall be a technically trained forester and shall have both a practical and theoretical knowledge of forestry.