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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 707 and 891 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 502<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":146721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72672,"identifier":"10.1-2002","token":"10.1\/II\/20\/10.1-2002","url":"\/10.1-2002\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2002\/","token":"10.1\/II\/20\/10.1-2002","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board of trustees; appointment of members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2002","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Museum shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of 15 members appointed by the Governor. Two of the members appointed to the Board shall be members of the Virginia Academy of Science. The appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly if in session and, if not, then at its next succeeding session. The Board of Trustees shall be referred to as the “Board.”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD OF TRUSTEES; APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS (\u00a7 10.1-2002)\n\nThe Museum shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of 15 members\nappointed by the Governor. Two of the members appointed to the Board shall be\nmembers of the Virginia Academy of Science. The appointments shall be subject to\nconfirmation by the General Assembly if in session and, if not, then at its next\nsucceeding session. The Board of Trustees shall be referred to as the\n“Board.”\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 707, 891; 2012, c. 502.","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}}