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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 670 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 1984 \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 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70424,"identifier":"51.5-107","token":"51.5\/13\/51.5-107","url":"\/51.5-107\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-107\/","token":"51.5\/13\/51.5-107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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

1.<\/span> To ensure the development of long-range programs and plans provided by the state and local governments for Virginians who are deaf or hard-of-hearing<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To review and comment on all budgets and requests for appropriations for the Department prior to their submission to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Governor and on all applications for federal funds; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To advise the Governor, Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Director and the General Assembly on matters related to Virginians who are deaf or hard-of-hearing<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD (\u00a7 51.5-107)\n\nThe Board shall have the following powers and duties:\n\n1. To ensure the development of long-range programs and plans provided by the\nstate and local governments for Virginians who are deaf or hard-of-hearing;\n\n2. To review and comment on all budgets and requests for appropriations for the\nDepartment prior to their submission to the Secretary of Health and Human\nResources and the Governor and on all applications for federal funds; and\n\n3. To advise the Governor, Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Director and\nthe General Assembly on matters related to Virginians who are deaf or\nhard-of-hearing.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 670, \u00a7 63.1-85.1:3; 2002, c. 747.","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}}