{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-4369","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 2.2-4369","heading":"Proscribed participation by public employees in procurement transactions","body":"Except as may be specifically allowed by subdivisions B 1, 2, and 3 of § 2.2-3112, no public employee having official responsibility for a procurement transaction shall participate in that transaction on behalf of the public body when the employee knows that:1. The employee is contemporaneously employed by a bidder, offeror or contractor involved in the procurement transaction;2. The employee, the employee's partner, or any member of the employee's immediate family holds a position with a bidder, offeror or contractor such as an officer, director, trustee, partner or the like, or is employed in a capacity involving personal and substantial participation in the procurement transaction, or owns or controls an interest of more than five percent;3. The employee, the employee's partner, or any member of the employee's immediate family has a pecuniary interest arising from the procurement transaction; or4. The employee, the employee's partner, or any member of the employee's immediate family is negotiating, or has an arrangement concerning, prospective employment with a bidder, offeror or contractor.1982, c. 647, § 11-74; 1985, c. 565; 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1; 1997, c. 83; 2001, c. 844; 2003, c. 694; 2017, cc. 829, 832.","path":["Title 2.2. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT","Subtitle II. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT","Part B. TRANSACTION OF PUBLIC BUSINESS","Chapter 43. VIRGINIA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT","Article 6. ETHICS IN PUBLIC CONTRACTING"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2-4369/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:14Z","sha256":"8d2fbe06ba8ed352c7371017c576d9729cb51050077799f90e51a469ea754617","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-4368","next":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-4370"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}