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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 880<\/a> and 962<\/a> 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. 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 2007, chapter 345<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 424<\/a> and 554<\/a>; in 2017, chapters 60<\/a> and 109<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61722,"section_number":"32.1-355","catch_line":"Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth created; purposes","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-355\/"},{"id":85396,"section_number":"32.1-361.1","catch_line":"Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Endowment","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-361.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":201661,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86400,"identifier":"32.1-356","token":"32.1\/14\/32.1-356","url":"\/32.1-356\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-356\/","token":"32.1\/14\/32.1-356","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of the Foundation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-356","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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4.<\/span> To determine how moneys in the Fund<\/span> are to be distributed and to authorize distribution of moneys in the Fund<\/span> to entities whose goal is to discourage, eliminate or prevent the use of tobacco products by minors<\/span>, reduce childhood obesity in the Commonwealth, or prevent and reduce substance use by youth in the Commonwealth, on such terms and in such amounts as determined by the Board<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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9.<\/span> To receive and accept aid, grants, contributions and cooperation of any kind from any source for the purposes of this chapter subject to such conditions, acceptable to the Foundation<\/span>, upon which such aid, grants, contributions and cooperation may be made; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> To do any lawful act necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers herein granted or reasonably implied, including use of whatever lawful means may be necessary and appropriate to recover any payments wrongfully made from the Fund<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF THE FOUNDATION (\u00a7 32.1-356)\n\nThe Foundation is hereby granted all powers necessary or appropriate to carry\nout and effectuate its corporate purposes, including, without limitation, the\nfollowing:\n\n1. To have official seals and to alter the same at pleasure;\n\n2. To maintain an office at such place or places within this Commonwealth as it\nmay designate;\n\n3. To accept, hold, and administer moneys, grants, securities, or other property\ntransferred, given, or bequeathed to the Foundation, absolutely or in trust, for\nthe purposes for which the Foundation is created;\n\n4. To determine how moneys in the Fund are to be distributed and to authorize\ndistribution of moneys in the Fund to entities whose goal is to discourage,\neliminate or prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, reduce childhood\nobesity in the Commonwealth, or prevent and reduce substance use by youth in the\nCommonwealth, on such terms and in such amounts as determined by the Board;\n\n5. To deposit moneys from the Fund to the Endowment as determined by the Board;\n\n6. To make and execute contracts and all other instruments and agreements\nnecessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions;\n\n7. To appoint and prescribe the duties of such officers, agents, employees,\nadvisors, and consultants as may be necessary to carry out its functions, and to\nfix and pay such compensation to them for their services as the Foundation may\ndetermine;\n\n8. To adopt and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, not inconsistent with\nthis chapter, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the Foundation;\n\n9. To receive and accept aid, grants, contributions and cooperation of any kind\nfrom any source for the purposes of this chapter subject to such conditions,\nacceptable to the Foundation, upon which such aid, grants, contributions and\ncooperation may be made;\n\n10. To do any lawful act necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers herein\ngranted or reasonably implied, including use of whatever lawful means may be\nnecessary and appropriate to recover any payments wrongfully made from the Fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 880, 962; 2007, c. 345; 2009, cc. 424, 554; 2017, cc. 60,\n109.","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}}