CHAPTER 616

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-14, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to certain educational institutions declared governmental
instrumentalities; powers of boards; definitions.

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Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 23-14, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows: Za

§ 23-14. The College of William and Mary in Virginia, at Williams-
burg; the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond; the board of visitors
of the Virginia * School at * Hampton; the Virginia Institute of Marine
Science, at Gloucester Point; Longwood College, at Farmville; the Mary
Washington College of the University of Virginia, at Fredericksburg;
George Mason College of the University of Virginia, at Fairfax; Clinch
Valley College of the University of Virginia, at Wise; the Madison College,
at Harrisonburg; Old Dominion College, at Norfolk; the State board for
community colleges, at Richmond; the Richmond Professional Institute,
at Richmond; the Radford College, at Radford; the rector and visitors of
the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville; the Virginia Military Insti-
tute, at Lexington; the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, at Blacksburg; the
Virginia School for the Blind, at Charlottesville; the Virginia School for
the Deaf and Blind, at Staunton; the Virginia State College, at Peters-
burg; and the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, at Fishersville; and
the Norfolk Area Medical Center Authority, in Norfolk, are hereby classi-
fied as educational institutions and are declared to be public bodies and
constituted as governmental instrumentalities for the dissemination of edu-
cation. The powers of every such institution derived directly or indirectly
from this chapter shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the
members of its board, and a majority of such board shall be a quorum for
the transaction of any business authorized by this chapter. Wherever the
word “‘institution” is used in this chapter it shall be deemed to include
“Authority” and the word “board” shall be deemed to include the mem-
bers of the Authority.