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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 569 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1995, chapter 841<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 498<\/a> and 504<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 501<\/a> and 542<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 981<\/a> and 1021<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 246<\/a> and 311<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 691<\/a> and 714<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82526,"section_number":"10.1-1186.01","catch_line":"Reimbursements to localities for upgrades to treatment works","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1186.01\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67174,"section_number":"2.2-2006","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2006\/"},{"id":73173,"section_number":"2.2-2825","catch_line":"Reimbursement for certain travel expenditures; restrictions on reimbursement","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2825\/"},{"id":54670,"section_number":"30-309","catch_line":"MEI Project Approval Commission; membership; terms; compensation and expenses; definition","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-309\/"}],"permalink":{"id":174389,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82089,"identifier":"2.2-2261","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/6\/2.2-2261","url":"\/2.2-2261\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2261\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/6\/2.2-2261","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Public Building Authority created; purpose; membership; terms; expenses; staff","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2261","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is created a political subdivision of the Commonwealth<\/span> to be known as the “Virginia Public Building Authority<\/span>.” The Authority<\/span> is created for the purpose of constructing, improving, furnishing, maintaining, acquiring, financing, refinancing, and operating public buildings for the use of the Commonwealth<\/span> (heretofore or hereafter constructed), state<\/span> arsenals, armories, and military reserves, state<\/span> institutions of every kind and character (heretofore and hereafter constructed), additions and improvements to public institutions of higher education, including land grant colleges and medical colleges, and the purchase of lands for rehabilitation purposes in connection with state<\/span> institutions and for use of state<\/span> colleges, and museum facilities for a trust instrumentality of the United States<\/span>, and the purchase of lands for the development of public buildings that may be authorized by the General Assembly in the future, the acquisition of items of personal property for the use of the Commonwealth<\/span>, the constructing, improving, maintaining, acquiring, financing, and refinancing of major information technology projects as defined in \u00a7 2.2-2006<\/a>, the financing or refinancing of capital projects that benefit the Commonwealth<\/span> and any of its agencies, authorities, boards<\/span>, departments, instrumentalities, institutions, or regional or local authorities, the provision of financing on behalf of any of the Commonwealth<\/span>’s agencies, authorities, boards<\/span>, departments, instrumentalities, institutions, or regional or local authorities or governments of land, buildings, infrastructure, and improvements for the benefit of an MEI project incentive package endorsed by the MEI Project Approval Commission created pursuant to \u00a7 30-309<\/a>, and the financing or refinancing of reimbursements to localities or governmental entities of all or any portion of the Commonwealth<\/span>’s share of the costs for capital projects made pursuant to other applicable provisions of Virginia law<\/span>, and the refinancing of (i) obligations issued by other state<\/span> and local authorities or political subdivisions of the Commonwealth<\/span> where such obligations are secured by a lease or other payment agreement with the Commonwealth<\/span> or (ii) the Commonwealth<\/span>’s obligations under such leases or payment agreements, the purpose and intent<\/span> of this article being to benefit the people of the Commonwealth<\/span> by, among other things, increasing their commerce and prosperity.\n\t\tThe Authority<\/span> shall be comprised of the State<\/span> Treasurer or his designee, the State<\/span> Comptroller, and five additional members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Unconfirmed appointments shall expire 30 days after the convening of the General Assembly. Members of the Authority<\/span> shall be entitled to no compensation for their services as members, but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2825<\/a>. The term of each member appointed by the Governor shall be five years.\n\t\tVacancies in the membership of the Authority<\/span> shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. The Governor shall designate one member of the Authority<\/span> as chairman who shall serve a two-year term. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms as chairman. 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Unconfirmed appointments shall expire 30 days after the\nconvening of the General Assembly. Members of the Authority shall be entitled to\nno compensation for their services as members, but shall be reimbursed for all\nreasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as\nprovided in \u00a7 2.2-2825. The term of each member appointed by the Governor shall\nbe five years.\n\t\tVacancies in the membership of the Authority shall be filled by appointment\nfor the unexpired portion of the term. The Governor shall designate one member\nof the Authority as chairman who shall serve a two-year term. No member shall be\neligible to serve more than two consecutive terms as chairman. The Department of\nthe Treasury shall serve as staff to the Authority.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 569, \u00a7 2.1-234.12; 1995, c. 841; 1998, cc. 498, 504; 2001, c.\n844; 2002, cc. 501, 542; 2003, cc. 981, 1021; 2009, cc. 246, 311; 2011, cc. 691,\n714.","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}}