                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY OF BOARD GENERALLY (§ 42.1-3.1)

The Board shall be vested with full authority (i) to establish policy concerning
what books and other library materials are to be kept, housed, or exhibited by
The Library of Virginia; (ii) to enter into agreements with institutions and
organizations with purposes similar to its own; (iii) to adopt and amend bylaws;
(iv) to charge for such services as deemed proper; and (v) to do such other
things as it deems proper to promote education in the realm of history and
library and archival science throughout the Commonwealth through The Library of
Virginia.
		The Board is hereby authorized to sell, grant, and convey or to change the
form of investments or control of any funds, securities or other property,
provided such action is not inconsistent with the terms of the instrument under
which the property may have been acquired.
		The Board may confer the honorary degree of patron of letters on any person
who has, in its opinion, made an outstanding contribution in the realm of arts,
history, humanities, or information, library, or archival science.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 565; 1994, c. 64; 2025, c. 679.