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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 93 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 1968 \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 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68513,"identifier":"23.1-2301","token":"23.1\/IV\/23\/23.1-2301","url":"\/23.1-2301\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2301\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/23\/23.1-2301","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purpose of board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2301","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The board is formed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a university consisting of colleges, schools, and divisions offering undergraduate and graduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences and courses of study for the professions and such other courses of study as may be appropriate, and in connection with this purpose, the board may maintain and conduct hospitals, infirmaries, dispensaries, laboratories, research centers, power plants, and such other facilities as it deems proper.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSE OF BOARD (\u00a7 23.1-2301)\n\nThe board is formed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a university\nconsisting of colleges, schools, and divisions offering undergraduate and\ngraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences and courses of study for the\nprofessions and such other courses of study as may be appropriate, and in\nconnection with this purpose, the board may maintain and conduct hospitals,\ninfirmaries, dispensaries, laboratories, research centers, power plants, and\nsuch other facilities as it deems proper.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 93, \u00a7 23-50.7; 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}}