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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 663 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1386495,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348836,"identifier":"15.2-5503","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5503","url":"\/15.2-5503\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5503\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5503","dublin_core":{"Title":"Executive director; staff","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5503","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Authority<\/span> shall appoint an executive director, who shall be authorized to employ such staff as necessary to enable the Authority<\/span> to perform its duties as set forth in this chapter. The Authority<\/span> is authorized to determine the duties of such staff and to fix salaries and compensation from such funds as may be received or appropriated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; STAFF (\u00a7 15.2-5503)\n\nThe Authority shall appoint an executive director, who shall be authorized to\nemploy such staff as necessary to enable the Authority to perform its duties as\nset forth in this chapter. The Authority is authorized to determine the duties\nof such staff and to fix salaries and compensation from such funds as may be\nreceived or appropriated.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 663, \u00a7 15.1-1399.22; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}