§ 2.2-2429. Powers and duties of the Board
The Board shall have the power and duty to:
1. Receive, allocate, and dispense funds appropriated by the General Assembly and any funds received by the Board from other sources, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget;
2. Develop reasonable and fair formulas for allocating and distributing state funds and other funds of the Board to Virginia's public broadcasting stations consistent with the intent of such appropriations;
3. Apply for, accept, and receive grants of federal funds and funds from other public and private sources;
4. Adopt, administer, and apply standards and criteria by which the Board may permit television and radio stations to qualify as public broadcasting stations if those stations did not qualify for or receive Virginia community service grants or other instructional television service funds as of January 1, 1997, but otherwise qualify as such under the definition of a public broadcasting station in § 2.2-2427. To avoid unnecessary duplication of public broadcasting services, the Board shall consider the: (i) adequacy of existing programming, coverage, and other public broadcasting services in the geographic area to be served and the extent to which those services would be duplicated by an additional public broadcasting station and (ii) sufficiency of funds administered by the Board to support existing or proposed public broadcasting stations;
5. Coordinate such strategic planning by the public broadcasting stations as the Board deems appropriate and identify and communicate to the Governor and the General Assembly the funding and other requirements of Virginia's public broadcasting stations; and
6. Enter into contracts with public broadcasting stations, state agencies and institutions, public schools and private entities for goods and services.
(1997, c. 858, § 2.1-563.27:4; 2001, c. 844.)
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