A. The Office of Working Lands Preservation is established in the Department of Forestry under the supervision of the State Forester.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 10.1-1119.2

  • farmland: includes all land defined as follows:

    "Important farmland" other than prime or unique farmland, is land that is of statewide or local importance for the production of food, feed, fiber, forage, nursery, oilseed, or other agricultural crops, as determined by the appropriate state agency or local government agency, and that the U. See Virginia Code 10.1-1119.7

  • Fund: means the Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund. See Virginia Code 10.1-1119.2
  • Office: means the Office of Working Lands Preservation. See Virginia Code 10.1-1119.2
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245

B. As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:

“Fund” means the Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund.

“Office” means the Office of Working Lands Preservation.

2024, cc. 10, 146.