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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 247.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59703,"identifier":"42.1-40","token":"42.1\/2\/42.1-40","url":"\/42.1-40\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-40\/","token":"42.1\/2\/42.1-40","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of regional library board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-40","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The regional library board shall have authority to execute contracts<\/span> with the State Library Board, with the library boards of the respective jurisdictions<\/span>, and any and all other agencies for the purpose of administering a public library service within the region, including contracts<\/span> concerning allocation and expenditure of funds, to the same extent as the library board of any one of the jurisdictions<\/span> which are parties to the agreement would be so authorized. In addition, to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, a regional library board is empowered to sell the surplus assets<\/span>, including real estate, of the said regional library board if the net proceeds therefrom are used for public library services within the region.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD (\u00a7 42.1-40)\n\nThe regional library board shall have authority to execute contracts with the\nState Library Board, with the library boards of the respective jurisdictions,\nand any and all other agencies for the purpose of administering a public library\nservice within the region, including contracts concerning allocation and\nexpenditure of funds, to the same extent as the library board of any one of the\njurisdictions which are parties to the agreement would be so authorized. In\naddition, to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, a regional library board\nis empowered to sell the surplus assets, including real estate, of the said\nregional library board if the net proceeds therefrom are used for public library\nservices within the region.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 606; 1986, c. 247.","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}}