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The board may make, alter, and rescind rules and forms for its procedures, provided they are consistent with state law and local ordinances. The board shall keep a full public record of its proceedings and shall submit a report of its activities to the local governing body at least once each year. The board shall forward a copy of each report to the Commission.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":300485,"text":"The board shall annually elect from its membership a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary for terms of one year. For the conduct of any hearing and the taking of any action, a quorum shall be not less than three members of a five-member board nor less than four members of a seven-member board. The board may make, alter, and rescind rules and forms for its procedures, provided they are consistent with state law and local ordinances. The board shall keep a full public record of its proceedings and shall submit a report of its activities to the local governing body at least once each year. 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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 711 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 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 1977, chapter 15; in 1982, chapter 446; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192017,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83826,"identifier":"28.2-1304","token":"28.2\/III\/13\/2\/28.2-1304","url":"\/28.2-1304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1304\/","token":"28.2\/III\/13\/2\/28.2-1304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Officers, meetings, rules, etc., of wetlands boards; records and reports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The board<\/span> shall annually elect from its membership a chairman and such other officers<\/span> as it deems necessary for terms of one year. For the conduct of any hearing<\/span> and the taking of any action, a quorum shall be not less than three members of a five-member board<\/span> nor less than four members of a seven-member board<\/span>. The board<\/span> may make, alter, and rescind rules and forms for its procedures, provided they are consistent with state law<\/span> and local ordinances<\/span>. The board<\/span> shall keep a full public record of its proceedings and shall submit a report of its activities to the local governing body at least once each year. The board<\/span> shall forward a copy of each report to the Commission<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICERS, MEETINGS, RULES, ETC., OF WETLANDS BOARDS; RECORDS AND REPORTS (\u00a7\n28.2-1304)\n\nThe board shall annually elect from its membership a chairman and such other\nofficers as it deems necessary for terms of one year. For the conduct of any\nhearing and the taking of any action, a quorum shall be not less than three\nmembers of a five-member board nor less than four members of a seven-member\nboard. The board may make, alter, and rescind rules and forms for its\nprocedures, provided they are consistent with state law and local ordinances.\nThe board shall keep a full public record of its proceedings and shall submit a\nreport of its activities to the local governing body at least once each year.\nThe board shall forward a copy of each report to the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 711, \u00a7 62.1-13.7; 1977, c. 15; 1982, c. 446; 1992, c. 836.","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}}