CODE OF VIRGINIA

(REPEALED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2016) MUSEUM CREATED; ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENTAL
FUNCTION (§ 23-239)

There is hereby created and constituted an educational institution of the
Commonwealth of Virginia to be known as “The Science Museum of
Virginia,” hereinafter in this chapter sometimes referred to as the
“Museum.” The Museum is hereby declared to be a public body and
instrumentality for the dissemination of education. The exercise by the Museum
of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the
performance of an essential governmental function.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 9-65.1; 1970, c. 466; 1977, c. 597.