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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 1966, chapter 677; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":175761,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83533,"identifier":"2.2-2806","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/28\/2.2-2806","url":"\/2.2-2806\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2806\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/28\/2.2-2806","dublin_core":{"Title":"Holding other office by officers of state institutions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2806","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person serving as a member of the governing board of any institution, supported in whole or in part by funds paid out of the state treasury, or as rector of such institution, or as president or chairman of the governing board thereof, shall hold, during his term of office, any other office or position with the institution on the board of which he is serving. 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Nothing in this section shall be construed to\nprevent members of boards of agricultural colleges from doing field or extension\nwork.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 2-31; 1966, c. 677, \u00a7 2.1-35; 2001, c. 844.","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}}