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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 525 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1970, chapter 757; in 1988, chapter 891; in 1991, chapter 190; in 2000, chapters 21<\/a> and 294<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 78<\/a> and 90<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 691<\/a> and 714<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75383,"section_number":"2.2-1149","catch_line":"Department to review proposed acquisitions of real property; approval by the Governor; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1149\/"},{"id":61159,"section_number":"58.1-817","catch_line":"Fee for open-space preservation","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-817\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":146677,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85701,"identifier":"10.1-1800","token":"10.1\/II\/18\/10.1-1800","url":"\/10.1-1800\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1800\/","token":"10.1\/II\/18\/10.1-1800","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment and administration of Foundation; appointment, terms, chairman, quorum, etc., of board of trustees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1800","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia Outdoors Foundation is established to promote the preservation of open-space lands and to encourage private gifts of money, securities, land or other property to preserve the natural, scenic, historic, scientific, open-space and recreational areas of the Commonwealth. The Virginia Outdoors Foundation is a body politic and shall be governed and administered by a board of trustees composed of seven trustees from the Commonwealth at large to be appointed by the Governor for four-year terms. Appointments shall be made to achieve a broad geographical representation of members. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. No trustee-at-large shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. All trustees-at-large shall post bond<\/span> in the penalty<\/span> of $5,000 with the State Comptroller prior to entering upon the functions of office.\n\t\tThe Governor shall appoint a chairman of the board from among the seven trustees-at-large to a two-year term. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms as chairman. A majority of the members of the board serving at any one time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF FOUNDATION; APPOINTMENT, TERMS, CHAIRMAN,\nQUORUM, ETC., OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES (\u00a7 10.1-1800)\n\nThe Virginia Outdoors Foundation is established to promote the preservation of\nopen-space lands and to encourage private gifts of money, securities, land or\nother property to preserve the natural, scenic, historic, scientific, open-space\nand recreational areas of the Commonwealth. The Virginia Outdoors Foundation is\na body politic and shall be governed and administered by a board of trustees\ncomposed of seven trustees from the Commonwealth at large to be appointed by the\nGovernor for four-year terms. Appointments shall be made to achieve a broad\ngeographical representation of members. Vacancies shall be filled for the\nunexpired term. No trustee-at-large shall be eligible to serve more than two\nconsecutive four-year terms. All trustees-at-large shall post bond in the\npenalty of $5,000 with the State Comptroller prior to entering upon the\nfunctions of office.\n\t\tThe Governor shall appoint a chairman of the board from among the seven\ntrustees-at-large to a two-year term. No member shall be eligible to serve more\nthan two consecutive terms as chairman. A majority of the members of the board\nserving at any one time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of\nbusiness.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 525, \u00a7\u00a7 10-159 to 10-162; 1970, c. 757; 1988, c. 891; 1991,\nc. 190; 2000, cc. 21, 294; 2003, cc. 78, 90; 2011, cc. 691, 714.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}