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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1964, chapter 70; in 1979, chapter 147; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68877,"section_number":"23.1-2638","catch_line":"Institutions receiving interest accruing on proceeds of land scrip","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2638\/"},{"id":55401,"section_number":"23.1-2639","catch_line":"Institutions receiving money allotted to Commonwealth under act of Congress","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2639\/"}],"permalink":{"id":186701,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59014,"identifier":"23.1-2705","token":"23.1\/IV\/27\/23.1-2705","url":"\/23.1-2705\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2705\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/27\/23.1-2705","dublin_core":{"Title":"Gifts, grants, devises, and bequests; governmental aid","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2705","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or bequest to the board or to or for the benefit of the University. Any such gift, grant, devise, or bequest shall be used for the purposes designated by the donor, or if no purposes are so designated, for the general purposes of the board. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The University shall receive the governmental aid designated in §§ 23.1-2638<\/a> and 23.1-2639<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGIFTS, GRANTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS; GOVERNMENTAL AID (\u00a7 23.1-2705)\n\nA. The board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or\nbequest to the board or to or for the benefit of the University. Any such gift,\ngrant, devise, or bequest shall be used for the purposes designated by the\ndonor, or if no purposes are so designated, for the general purposes of the\nboard.\n\nB. The University shall receive the governmental aid designated in §§\n23.1-2638 and 23.1-2639.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 957, \u00a7 23-170; 1930, p. 769; 1964, c. 70; 1979, c. 147;\n2016, 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}}