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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 606 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1978, chapter 6; in 2002, chapter 111<\/a>; in 2017, chapters 64<\/a> and 408<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 177<\/a> and 213<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 352<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 486<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61990,"section_number":"42.1-36.1","catch_line":"Power and duty of library boards and certain governing bodies regarding acceptable Internet use policies","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-36.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":220981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70358,"identifier":"42.1-36","token":"42.1\/2\/42.1-36","url":"\/42.1-36\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-36\/","token":"42.1\/2\/42.1-36","dublin_core":{"Title":"Library boards not mandatory","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-36","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The formation, creation, or continued existence of library boards shall not be considered or construed in any manner as mandatory upon (i) any city or town with a manager; (ii) any county with a county manager, county executive, urban county manager, or urban county executive form of government; (iii) any county that has adopted a charter; or (iv) the Counties of Botetourt, Caroline, Chesterfield, King and Queen, and Shenandoah, by virtue of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIBRARY BOARDS NOT MANDATORY (\u00a7 42.1-36)\n\nThe formation, creation, or continued existence of library boards shall not be\nconsidered or construed in any manner as mandatory upon (i) any city or town\nwith a manager; (ii) any county with a county manager, county executive, urban\ncounty manager, or urban county executive form of government; (iii) any county\nthat has adopted a charter; or (iv) the Counties of Botetourt, Caroline,\nChesterfield, King and Queen, and Shenandoah, by virtue of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 606; 1978, c. 6; 2002, c. 111; 2017, cc. 64, 408; 2018, cc.\n177, 213; 2022, c. 352; 2024, c. 486.","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}}