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2003 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 1109
Offered January 8, 2003
Prefiled January 8, 2003
A BILL to declare the English Ivy as a noxious weed.
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Patrons-- Whipple and Ticer; Delegates: Almand, Brink, Darner and Van Landingham
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the plant taxon English Ivy (Hedera helix and Hedera hibernica and all of their hybrids and cultivars) is hereby declared a noxious weed. The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall perform those duties and powers provided for under the provisions of §§ 3.1-296.12 and 3.1-296.16 through 3.1-296.21 of the Noxious Weed Law (§ 3.1-296.11 et. seq.) to regulate English Ivy as a noxious weed.