2025 Delaware Code
Title 29 - State Government
Chapter 81. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
§ 8101. Establishment of Department of Agriculture.

Universal Citation:
29 DE Code § 8101 (2025)
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§ 8101. Establishment of Department of Agriculture.

A Department of Agriculture is established having the following powers, duties and functions:

(1) The Department of Agriculture may perform and shall be responsible for the performance of all of the powers, duties and functions heretofore vested in:

a. The State Board of Agriculture pursuant to Chapters 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 31, 33 [repealed], 35, 37 [repealed], 39 [repealed], 51 [repealed], 53 [repealed], 55 [repealed], 63, 65 [repealed], 67, 71, 73, 75, 87 and 90 of Title 3 and Chapter 41 of Title 16;

b. The State Board of Agriculture and the State Division of Weights and Measures pursuant to Chapter 51 of Title 6;

c. The State Forestry Department and the State Forestry Commission pursuant to Chapters 29, 31 [repealed], 33 [repealed] and 35 [repealed] of Title 7 and State Tree Nursery.

(2) The administrative, ministerial, fiscal and clerical functions of the State Farmland Evaluation Advisory Committee set forth in § 8337 of Title 9.

29 Del. C. 1953, § 8101;  57 Del. Laws, c. 368, § 1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 372, § 10; 
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