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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73489</law_id><section_number>23.1-2602</section_number><catch_line>Meetings; officers; committees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Public Institutions of Higher Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="26">Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The board shall meet in Blacksburg, in the County of Montgomery, at least once a year and at such other times and places as it determines. Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor, the rector, or any three members. Notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be provided to each member. <a id="paragraph-264426" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2602/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of each committee shall constitute a quorum. <a id="paragraph-264427" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2602/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The board shall appoint from its membership a rector to preside at its meetings and a president pro tempore to preside at its meetings in the absence of the rector. <a id="paragraph-264428" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2602/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The board shall appoint a secretary. <a id="paragraph-264429" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2602/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The board shall also appoint from its membership an executive committee of at least three but not more than six members that are empowered during the interim between board meetings to exercise such powers of the board as the board may prescribe by resolution. <a id="paragraph-264430" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2602/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The board may appoint special committees and prescribe their duties and powers. <a id="paragraph-264431" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2602/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="G"><p><span class="prefix-number">G.</span> Each committee shall report its actions to the board at the board&#x2019;s annual meeting and at such other times as the board may require. <a id="paragraph-264432" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-2602/#G"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7;&#xA7; 861, 863, &#xA7;&#xA7; 23-118, 23-119, 23-121; 1945, pp. 74, 75; 1970, c. 98; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
