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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 757; in 1981, chapter 447; in 1988, chapters 42 and 765; in 1990, chapter 512; in 1991, chapter 291; in 1998, chapter 27<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 309<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 91<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 824<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81026,"section_number":"54.1-107","catch_line":"Appointments, terms and removal of members of regulatory boards; citizen members","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-107\/"}],"permalink":{"id":240577,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67074,"identifier":"54.1-403","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-403","url":"\/54.1-403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-403\/","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-403","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Board members and officers; quorum","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> for Architects, Professional Engineers<\/span>, Land Surveyors<\/span>, Certified Interior Designers<\/span> and Landscape Architects<\/span> shall be composed of 15 members as follows: three architects, three professional engineers<\/span>, three land surveyors<\/span>, two landscape architects<\/span>, two certified interior designers<\/span>, and two nonlegislative citizen members.\n\t\tExcept for the nonlegislative citizen members appointed in accordance with \u00a7 54.1-107<\/a>, Board<\/span> members shall have actively practiced or taught their professions for at least 10 years prior to their appointments. The terms of Board<\/span> members shall be four years.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> shall elect a president and vice-president from its membership.\n\t\tNine Board<\/span> members, consisting of two engineers, two architects, two land surveyors<\/span>, one landscape architect<\/span>, one interior designer and one nonlegislative citizen member, shall constitute a quorum.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS; QUORUM (\u00a7 54.1-403)\n\nThe Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified\nInterior Designers and Landscape Architects shall be composed of 15 members as\nfollows: three architects, three professional engineers, three land surveyors,\ntwo landscape architects, two certified interior designers, and two\nnonlegislative citizen members.\n\t\tExcept for the nonlegislative citizen members appointed in accordance with \u00a7\n54.1-107, Board members shall have actively practiced or taught their\nprofessions for at least 10 years prior to their appointments. The terms of\nBoard members shall be four years.\n\t\tThe Board shall elect a president and vice-president from its membership.\n\t\tNine Board members, consisting of two engineers, two architects, two land\nsurveyors, one landscape architect, one interior designer and one nonlegislative\ncitizen member, shall constitute a quorum.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 54-19, 54-22, 54-23; 1980, c. 757, \u00a7 54-18.1; 1981, c.\n447; 1988, cc. 42, 765; 1990, c. 512; 1991, c. 291; 1998, c. 27; 2009, c. 309;\n2010, c. 91; 2018, c. 824.","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}}