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All bids submitted on any building, materials, supplies, work, or project to be let to contract by any governing body may be incorporated by reference in such minutes, and the record of such bids shall be retained in a separate file. Such minutes and records of bids shall be kept open to public inspection at all reasonable times for a period of three years after they have been recorded. The minutes of regularly occurring workshop meetings at which no official action is taken may be recorded by tape or sound recording, which shall be retained and available for public inspection in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (\u00a7 2.2-3700 et seq.) and the Virginia Public Records Act (\u00a7 42.1-76 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":286526,"text":"The governing body of every county shall cause to be recorded, in well bound books or by a microphotographic process which complies with standards adopted pursuant to regulations issued under \u00a7 42.1-82 for microfilm, microfiche, or such other similar microphotographic process, complete minutes of all their respective meetings and proceedings. All bids submitted on any building, materials, supplies, work, or project to be let to contract by any governing body may be incorporated by reference in such minutes, and the record of such bids shall be retained in a separate file. Such minutes and records of bids shall be kept open to public inspection at all reasonable times for a period of three years after they have been recorded. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1979, chapter 209; in 1980, chapter 220; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 126<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"},{"id":74854,"section_number":"42.1-76","catch_line":"Legislative intent; title of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-76\/"},{"id":73353,"section_number":"42.1-82","catch_line":"Duties and powers of Library Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-82\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152733,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80006,"identifier":"15.2-1242","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/3\/15.2-1242","url":"\/15.2-1242\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1242\/","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/3\/15.2-1242","dublin_core":{"Title":"Minutes of meetings and proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1242","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of every county<\/span> shall cause to be recorded, in well bound books or by a microphotographic process which complies with standards adopted pursuant to regulations issued under \u00a7 42.1-82<\/a> for microfilm, microfiche, or such other similar microphotographic process, complete minutes of all their respective meetings and proceedings. All bids submitted on any building, materials<\/span>, supplies, work, or project to be let to contract<\/span> by any governing body<\/span> may be incorporated by reference in such minutes, and the record of such bids shall be retained in a separate file. Such minutes and records of bids shall be kept open to public inspection at all reasonable times for a period of three years after they have been recorded. The minutes of regularly occurring workshop meetings at which no official action is taken may be recorded by tape or sound recording, which shall be retained and available for public inspection in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (\u00a7 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.) and the Virginia Public Records Act (\u00a7 42.1-76<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMINUTES OF MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 15.2-1242)\n\nThe governing body of every county shall cause to be recorded, in well bound\nbooks or by a microphotographic process which complies with standards adopted\npursuant to regulations issued under \u00a7 42.1-82 for microfilm, microfiche, or\nsuch other similar microphotographic process, complete minutes of all their\nrespective meetings and proceedings. All bids submitted on any building,\nmaterials, supplies, work, or project to be let to contract by any governing\nbody may be incorporated by reference in such minutes, and the record of such\nbids shall be retained in a separate file. Such minutes and records of bids\nshall be kept open to public inspection at all reasonable times for a period of\nthree years after they have been recorded. The minutes of regularly occurring\nworkshop meetings at which no official action is taken may be recorded by tape\nor sound recording, which shall be retained and available for public inspection\nin accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (\u00a7 2.2-3700 et seq.)\nand the Virginia Public Records Act (\u00a7 42.1-76 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-248; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-543; 1979, c. 209; 1980, c.\n220; 1997, c. 587; 1999, c. 126.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}