CHAPTER 354

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10-8.1 and 10-138, as amended, of the Code
of Virginia, relating to the Division of Industrial Development and
Planning in the Department of Conservation and Economic Develop-
ment, and to repeal §§ 10-118, 10-119 and 10-120, relating to the Divi-
sion of Industrial Development and Planning.

[S 204]

Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 10-8.1 and 10-13, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 10-8.1. The Board shall establish in the Department of Conserva-
tion and Economic Development the following divisions through which
the several functions of the Department and the corresponding powers
and duties shall be exercised and discharged: Division of Forestry, Division
of Mineral Resources, Division of Parks, Division of Water Resources,
* Division of Public Relations and Advertising, and such other divisions
as may be necessary. The Director shall appoint competent persons to
direct the work of such divisions, and may delegate to the head of any
such division any of the powers and duties relating to the work of the
division that may be conferred or imposed by law upon the Director, and
in his discretion may require of such division heads proper bonds.

§ 10-13. Subject to the direction of the Board the Director shall
have control of the expenditure of any State advertising funds, except
such funds as may be appropriated to the Division of Industrial Develop-
ment and Planning established in the office of the Governor, and shall
have control of and expend such funds for advertising the resources and
advantages of the Commonwealth and in the promotion of tourism in such
manner as he may deem best. The Director shall cooperate so far as it
may be practicable and expedient with other organizations in the State
engaged in similar or related work, and shall have full power and authority
to acquire by gift or transfer property or funds to be so expended.

2. That §§ 10-118, 10-119 and 10-120 of the Code of Virginia are hereby
repeale

3. This act shall be in force and effect on and after July first, nineteen
hundred and sixty-two.