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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 565 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1994, chapter 64<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 679<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1447851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363561,"identifier":"42.1-3.1","token":"42.1\/1\/1\/42.1-3.1","url":"\/42.1-3.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-3.1\/","token":"42.1\/1\/1\/42.1-3.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Board generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-3.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board shall be vested with full authority (i) to establish policy concerning what books and other library materials<\/span> are to be kept, housed, or exhibited by The Library of Virginia; (ii) to enter into agreements with institutions and organizations with purposes similar to its own; (iii) to adopt and amend<\/span> bylaws; (iv) to charge for such services as deemed proper; and (v) to do such other things as it deems proper to promote education in the realm of history and library and archival science throughout the Commonwealth through The Library of Virginia.<\/p>

The Board is hereby authorized to sell, grant, and convey or to change the form of investments or control of any funds, securities or other property, provided such action is not inconsistent with the terms of the instrument under which the property may have been acquired.<\/p>

The Board may confer the honorary degree of patron of letters on any person who has, in its opinion<\/span>, made an outstanding contribution in the realm of arts, history, humanities, or information, library, or archival science.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF BOARD GENERALLY (\u00a7 42.1-3.1)\n\nThe Board shall be vested with full authority (i) to establish policy concerning\nwhat books and other library materials are to be kept, housed, or exhibited by\nThe Library of Virginia; (ii) to enter into agreements with institutions and\norganizations with purposes similar to its own; (iii) to adopt and amend bylaws;\n(iv) to charge for such services as deemed proper; and (v) to do such other\nthings as it deems proper to promote education in the realm of history and\nlibrary and archival science throughout the Commonwealth through The Library of\nVirginia.\n\nThe Board is hereby authorized to sell, grant, and convey or to change the form\nof investments or control of any funds, securities or other property, provided\nsuch action is not inconsistent with the terms of the instrument under which the\nproperty may have been acquired.\n\nThe Board may confer the honorary degree of patron of letters on any person who\nhas, in its opinion, made an outstanding contribution in the realm of arts,\nhistory, humanities, or information, library, or archival science.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 565; 1994, c. 64; 2025, c. 679.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}