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In approving a supplement, the Governor may be guided by criteria that provide a reasonable limit on the total additional income of the Director. The criteria may include, but need not be limited to, a consideration of the salaries paid to similar officials at comparable museums of other states. 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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 2004, chapter 870<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":146749,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85457,"identifier":"10.1-2009","token":"10.1\/II\/20\/10.1-2009","url":"\/10.1-2009\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2009\/","token":"10.1\/II\/20\/10.1-2009","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2009","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board is hereby authorized: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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6.<\/span> To enter into agreements with institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to work cooperatively on research projects of mutual interest and benefit; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> To establish a foundation to assist in fund raising efforts to supplement the state funds provided to the Museum; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> To enter into contracts<\/span> for construction of physical facilities; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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B.<\/span> With prior annual written approval of the Governor, the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Natural History may supplement the salary of the Director of the Museum from nonstate funds. In approving a supplement, the Governor may be guided by criteria that provide a reasonable limit on the total additional income of the Director. The criteria may include, but need not be limited to, a consideration of the salaries paid to similar officials at comparable museums of other states. The Board shall report approved supplements to the Department of Human Resource Management for retention in its records. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD (\u00a7 10.1-2009)\n\nA. The Board is hereby authorized:\n\n 1. To manage, control, maintain and operate the Museum and to provide for the\n erection, care and preservation of all property belonging to the Museum;\n\n 2. To appoint the Director of the Museum, and prescribe his duties and salary\n and to employ such deputies and assistants as may be required;\n\n 3. To prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of the Museum,\n including, but not limited to, the kinds and types of research, instruction\n and exhibits, and the making of plans for expansion of the Museum;\n\n 4. To employ planning consultants and architects in relation to expansion of\n the Museum;\n\n 5. To acquire by purchase, gift, loan or otherwise land necessary for\n establishment and expansion of the Museum, and exhibits and displays;\n\n 6. To enter into agreements with institutions of higher education in the\n Commonwealth to work cooperatively on research projects of mutual interest and\n benefit;\n\n 7. To establish a foundation to assist in fund raising efforts to supplement\n the state funds provided to the Museum;\n\n 8. To enter into contracts for construction of physical facilities;\n\n 9. To enter into contracts approved by the Attorney General to further the\n purposes of the Museum;\n\n 10. To adopt a seal, flag or other emblems; and\n\n 11. To charge for admission to the Museum, if deemed appropriate.\n\nB. With prior annual written approval of the Governor, the Board of Trustees of\nthe Virginia Museum of Natural History may supplement the salary of the Director\nof the Museum from nonstate funds. In approving a supplement, the Governor may\nbe guided by criteria that provide a reasonable limit on the total additional\nincome of the Director. The criteria may include, but need not be limited to, a\nconsideration of the salaries paid to similar officials at comparable museums of\nother states. The Board shall report approved supplements to the Department of\nHuman Resource Management for retention in its records.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 707, 891; 2004, c. 870.","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}}