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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70358</law_id><section_number>42.1-36</section_number><catch_line>Library boards not mandatory</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>42.1-36.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="42.1">Libraries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Local and Regional Libraries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The formation, creation, or continued existence of library boards shall not be considered or construed in any manner as mandatory upon (i) any city or town with a manager; (ii) any county with a county manager, county executive, urban county manager, or urban county executive form of government; (iii) any county that has adopted a charter; or (iv) the Counties of Botetourt, Caroline, Chesterfield, King and Queen, and Shenandoah, by virtue of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 606; 1978, c. 6; 2002, c. 111; 2017, cc. 64, 408; 2018, cc. 177, 213; 2022, c. 352; 2024, c. 486.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
