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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 658 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1982, chapter 387; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55684,"section_number":"13.1-675","catch_line":"Number and election of directors","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-675\/"},{"id":81166,"section_number":"13.1-677","catch_line":"Terms of directors generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-677\/"},{"id":56717,"section_number":"13.1-855","catch_line":"Number and election of directors","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-855\/"},{"id":72704,"section_number":"38.2-4403","catch_line":"The Virginia State Bar may sponsor plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4403\/"}],"permalink":{"id":216995,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61494,"identifier":"38.2-4407","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4407","url":"\/38.2-4407\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4407\/","token":"38.2\/44\/38.2-4407","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board of directors of plan created by attorneys","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4407","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Number and election of directors\" href=\"\/13.1-675\/\">13.1-675<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Terms of directors generally\" href=\"\/13.1-677\/\">13.1-677<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Number and election of directors\" href=\"\/13.1-855\/\">13.1-855<\/a> to the contrary, any <span class=\"dictionary\">legal services organization<\/span> operating a <span class=\"dictionary\">plan<\/span> created by a group of attorneys shall have a board of directors consisting of no more than fifteen members of whom a majority may be providers of legal services. 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