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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 272 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1980, chapter 306; in 1984, chapter 720; in 2017, chapter 793<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68340,"section_number":"5.1-39","catch_line":"Use, disposal and termination of rights acquired","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-39\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":233397,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62205,"identifier":"5.1-2.2","token":"5.1\/1\/1\/5.1-2.2","url":"\/5.1-2.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/5.1-2.2\/","token":"5.1\/1\/1\/5.1-2.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 5.1-2.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall exercise the following powers and duties:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Provide a means of citizen access to the Department<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Provide a means of publicizing the policies and programs of the Department<\/span> in order<\/span> to educate the public and elicit public support for Department<\/span> activities; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Monitor the policies and activities of the Department<\/span> and have the right of access to departmental information; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Advise the Governor and the Director on matters relating to the Commonwealth’s aviation policies and programs; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Promulgate such rules and regulations relating to airports<\/span>, landing fields<\/span> and other aviation facilities, aircraft<\/span>, and such other kindred matters and things as may be proper and necessary to promote and develop safe aviation practices and operations; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Develop on behalf of the Department<\/span> recommendations for distribution of funds to localities by the State Corporation Commission for aviation development through the end of the 1978-80 biennium, after which time the Board<\/span> shall be responsible for the allocation on behalf of the Department<\/span> of all such funds as provided in this act, which funds shall be distributed by the Department<\/span> in accordance with such allocation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD (\u00a7 5.1-2.2)\n\nThe Board shall exercise the following powers and duties:\n\n1. Provide a means of citizen access to the Department;\n\n2. Provide a means of publicizing the policies and programs of the Department in\norder to educate the public and elicit public support for Department activities;\n\n3. Monitor the policies and activities of the Department and have the right of\naccess to departmental information;\n\n4. Advise the Governor and the Director on matters relating to the\nCommonwealth’s aviation policies and programs;\n\n5. Promulgate such rules and regulations relating to airports, landing fields\nand other aviation facilities, aircraft, and such other kindred matters and\nthings as may be proper and necessary to promote and develop safe aviation\npractices and operations; and\n\n6. Develop on behalf of the Department recommendations for distribution of funds\nto localities by the State Corporation Commission for aviation development\nthrough the end of the 1978-80 biennium, after which time the Board shall be\nresponsible for the allocation on behalf of the Department of all such funds as\nprovided in this act, which funds shall be distributed by the Department in\naccordance with such allocation.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 272; 1980, c. 306; 1984, c. 720; 2017, c. 793.","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}}