Virginia § 2.2-217 - Friend of the Bay Award
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 2.2-217 — Friend of the Bay Award, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2.2-217. Friend of the Bay Award
The Secretary shall establish the "Friend of the Bay Award" program. The program shall annually recognize those individuals, businesses, organizations and other entities that have made significant efforts to preserve and enhance the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The program shall make such awards on a noncompetitive basis, using criteria to be developed by the Secretary, in consultation with those agencies within the Secretariat, the Virginia delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Chesapeake Executive Council.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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