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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 379 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 314<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1413629,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355342,"identifier":"23.1-2631","token":"23.1\/IV\/26\/4\/23.1-2631","url":"\/23.1-2631\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2631\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/26\/4\/23.1-2631","dublin_core":{"Title":"Executive director","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2631","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The executive director shall exercise all powers imposed upon him by law<\/span>, 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (\u00a7 23.1-2631)\n\nA. The principal administrative officer of the Water Center shall be an\nexecutive director who shall be appointed by the president of the University,\nsubject to the approval of the board. The executive director shall be under the\nsupervision of the president of the University.\n\nB. The executive director shall exercise all powers imposed upon him by law,\ncarry out the specific duties imposed upon him by the president of the\nUniversity, and develop appropriate policies and procedures, with the advice of\nthe Virginia Water Resources Research Center Statewide Advisory Board, for (i)\nidentifying priority research problems; (ii) collaborating with the General\nAssembly; federal, state, and local governmental agencies; and water user groups\nin the formulation of its research programs; (iii) selecting projects to be\nfunded; and (iv) disseminating information and transferring technology designed\nto help resolve water and related land problems of the Commonwealth. The\nexecutive director shall employ such personnel and secure such services as may\nbe required to carry out the purposes of this article and expend appropriated\nfunds and accept moneys for cost-sharing on projects funded with federal and\nprivate funds.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 379, \u00a7\u00a7 23-135.7:11, 23-135.7:12; 2016, c. 588; 2017, c.\n314.","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"}}