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The presiding officer shall receive recommendations from the staff relative to any bids received in advance and staff’s recommendations, if any, on any bids received at the advertised council meeting. After such other investigation as the council sees fit to make, the council shall accept the highest bid from a responsible bidder and shall adopt the ordinance as advertised, without substantial variation, except to insert the name of the accepted bidder. However, the council, by a recorded vote of a majority of the members elected to the council, may reject a higher bid and accept a lower bid from a responsible bidder and award the franchise, right, lease or privilege to the lower bidder, if, in its opinion, some reason affecting the interest of the city or town makes it advisable to do so, which reason shall be expressed in the body of the subsequent ordinance granting the franchise, right, lease or privilege. 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After such other investigation as the council sees fit to make, the council shall accept the highest bid from a responsible bidder and shall adopt the ordinance as advertised, without substantial variation, except to insert the name of the accepted bidder. However, the council, by a recorded vote of a majority of the members elected to the council, may reject a higher bid and accept a lower bid from a responsible bidder and award the franchise, right, lease or privilege to the lower bidder, if, in its opinion, some reason affecting the interest of the city or town makes it advisable to do so, which reason shall be expressed in the body of the subsequent ordinance granting the franchise, right, lease or privilege. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 498<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71724,"section_number":"15.2-2100","catch_line":"Restrictions on selling certain municipal public property and granting franchises","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2100\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154345,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86585,"identifier":"15.2-2102","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1\/15.2-2102","url":"\/15.2-2102\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2102\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1\/15.2-2102","dublin_core":{"Title":"How bids received and to whom franchise awarded","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2102","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The presiding officer shall read aloud, or cause to be read aloud, a brief<\/span> summary of each of the bids that have been received, for public information, and shall then inquire if any further bids are offered. If further bids are offered, they shall be received. The presiding officer shall thereafter declare the bidding closed. The presiding officer shall receive recommendations from the staff relative to any bids received in advance and staff’s recommendations, if any, on any bids received at the advertised council<\/span> meeting. After such other investigation as the council<\/span> sees fit to make, the council<\/span> shall accept the highest bid from a responsible bidder and shall adopt the ordinance<\/span> as advertised, without substantial variation, except to insert the name of the accepted bidder. However, the council<\/span>, by a recorded vote of a majority of the members elected to the council<\/span>, may reject a higher bid and accept a lower bid from a responsible bidder and award the franchise, right, lease or privilege<\/span> to the lower bidder, if, in its opinion<\/span>, some reason affecting the interest of the city<\/span> or town<\/span> makes it advisable to do so, which reason shall be expressed in the body of the subsequent ordinance<\/span> granting the franchise, right, lease or privilege<\/span>. The process described in this section may run concurrently with any other advertisement or public ordinance<\/span> requirements of this title, or such requirements as may be contained in charters of such cities or towns<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW BIDS RECEIVED AND TO WHOM FRANCHISE AWARDED (\u00a7 15.2-2102)\n\nThe presiding officer shall read aloud, or cause to be read aloud, a brief\nsummary of each of the bids that have been received, for public information, and\nshall then inquire if any further bids are offered. If further bids are offered,\nthey shall be received. The presiding officer shall thereafter declare the\nbidding closed. The presiding officer shall receive recommendations from the\nstaff relative to any bids received in advance and staff’s\nrecommendations, if any, on any bids received at the advertised council meeting.\nAfter such other investigation as the council sees fit to make, the council\nshall accept the highest bid from a responsible bidder and shall adopt the\nordinance as advertised, without substantial variation, except to insert the\nname of the accepted bidder. However, the council, by a recorded vote of a\nmajority of the members elected to the council, may reject a higher bid and\naccept a lower bid from a responsible bidder and award the franchise, right,\nlease or privilege to the lower bidder, if, in its opinion, some reason\naffecting the interest of the city or town makes it advisable to do so, which\nreason shall be expressed in the body of the subsequent ordinance granting the\nfranchise, right, lease or privilege. The process described in this section may\nrun concurrently with any other advertisement or public ordinance requirements\nof this title, or such requirements as may be contained in charters of such\ncities or towns.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-730; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-310; 1997, c. 587; 2001, c.\n498.","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}}