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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 693<\/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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210105,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59443,"identifier":"37.2-604","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-604","url":"\/37.2-604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-604\/","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board of directors; officers; meetings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The members<\/span> of the behavioral health authority<\/span> board of directors<\/span> shall annually elect one of their members<\/span> as chairman and another as vice-chairman and also shall elect a secretary and a treasurer, who may or may not be members<\/span>, for terms to be determined by the members<\/span>. The same person may serve as secretary and treasurer. The members<\/span> shall make regulations and bylaws for their own governance and procedure as they shall determine; they shall meet at least 10 times per year and may hold such special meetings as they deem necessary. The regulations and bylaws shall be submitted to the governing body of the city or county that established the authority for review and comment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS; OFFICERS; MEETINGS (\u00a7 37.2-604)\n\nThe members of the behavioral health authority board of directors shall annually\nelect one of their members as chairman and another as vice-chairman and also\nshall elect a secretary and a treasurer, who may or may not be members, for\nterms to be determined by the members. The same person may serve as secretary\nand treasurer. The members shall make regulations and bylaws for their own\ngovernance and procedure as they shall determine; they shall meet at least 10\ntimes per year and may hold such special meetings as they deem necessary. The\nregulations and bylaws shall be submitted to the governing body of the city or\ncounty that established the authority for review and comment.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 693, \u00a7 15.1-1681; 1997, c. 587, \u00a7 37.1-247; 1998, c. 680;\n2005, c. 716.","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}}