{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/23.1-1500.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/23.1-1500.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/23.1-1500.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/23.1-1500.html"}],"law_id":85138,"edition_id":1,"section_id":85138,"structure_id":15049,"section_number":"23.1-1500","catch_line":"Corporate name; name of the University","history":"1972, c. 550, \u00a7 23-91.24; 2016, c. 588.","full_text":"A\n\nThe board of visitors of George Mason University (the board) is a corporation under the name and style of &#8220;The Rector and Visitors of George Mason University&#8221; and has, in addition to its other powers, all the corporate powers given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1 except those powers that are confined to corporations created pursuant to Title 13.1. The board shall at all times be under the control of the General Assembly.B\n\nThe institution shall be known as George Mason University (the University).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":305086,"text":"The board of visitors of George Mason University (the board) is a corporation under the name and style of &#8220;The Rector and Visitors of George Mason University&#8221; and has, in addition to its other powers, all the corporate powers given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1 except those powers that are confined to corporations created pursuant to Title 13.1. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 550 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 1972 \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 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0588\">588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85138,"identifier":"23.1-1500","token":"23.1\/IV\/15\/23.1-1500","url":"\/23.1-1500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1500\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/15\/23.1-1500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Corporate name; name of the University","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The board of visitors of George Mason University (the board) is a corporation under the name and style of &#8220;The Rector and Visitors of George Mason University&#8221; and has, in addition to its other powers, all the corporate powers given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1 except those powers that are confined to corporations created pursuant to Title 13.1. The board shall at all times be under the control of the General Assembly. <a id=\"paragraph-305086\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-1500\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The institution shall be known as George Mason University (the University). <a id=\"paragraph-305087\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/23.1-1500\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCORPORATE NAME; NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY (\u00a7 23.1-1500)\n\nA. The board of visitors of George Mason University (the board) is a corporation\nunder the name and style of &#8220;The Rector and Visitors of George Mason\nUniversity&#8221; and has, in addition to its other powers, all the corporate\npowers given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1 except those powers\nthat are confined to corporations created pursuant to Title 13.1. The board\nshall at all times be under the control of the General Assembly.\n\nB. The institution shall be known as George Mason University (the University).\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 550, \u00a7 23-91.24; 2016, c. 588.","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}}