                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (§ 23.1-2631)

A. The principal administrative officer of the Water Center shall be an
executive director who shall be appointed by the president of the University,
subject to the approval of the board. The executive director shall be under the
supervision of the president of the University.

B. The executive director shall exercise all powers imposed upon him by law,
carry out the specific duties imposed upon him by the president of the
University, and develop appropriate policies and procedures, with the advice of
the Virginia Water Resources Research Center Statewide Advisory Board, for (i)
identifying priority research problems; (ii) collaborating with the General
Assembly; federal, state, and local governmental agencies; and water user groups
in the formulation of its research programs; (iii) selecting projects to be
funded; and (iv) disseminating information and transferring technology designed
to help resolve water and related land problems of the Commonwealth. The
executive director shall employ such personnel and secure such services as may
be required to carry out the purposes of this article and expend appropriated
funds and accept moneys for cost-sharing on projects funded with federal and
private funds.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 379, §§ 23-135.7:11, 23-135.7:12; 2016, c. 588; 2017, c.
314.