SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2022 SESSION CHAPTER E310 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 3.2 a sectionNsection numbered 3.2-108.2, relating to slaughter and meat-processing facilities.

R O [H 830] Approved LApril L11, 1.2022 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That1. the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 3.2 a sectEon numbered 3.2-108.2 as follows:

That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-108.2 as follows:

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The General Assembly finds that the livestock industry has a significant impact on the developCommonwealth's slaughtereconomy and meat-processingthat facilitiesit withis strategicto planningthe andCommonwealth's programsbenefit thatto provideencourage, expand, and financial incentives and technical assistance to encourage and supplement private capital.

HB. inspected slaughter and meat-processing facilities in the Commonwealth and provide recommendations of to the General Assembly as to how to implement the strategic plan.

EThe C.Department shall establish a strategic plan to increase the combined throughput capacity of inspected slaughter and meat-processing facilities in the Commonwealth and provide recommendations to the General Assembly as to how to implement the strategic plan.

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plan2. to achieve an increase in the total combined throughput capacity of inspected slaughter and meat-processing facilities.

That the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall develop a five-year strategic plan to achieve an increase in the total combined throughput capacity of inspected slaughter and meat-processing facilities.