{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/2.2-1840.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/2.2-1840.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/2.2-1840.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/2.2-1840.html"}],"law_id":83430,"edition_id":1,"section_id":83430,"structure_id":13762,"section_number":"2.2-1840","catch_line":"Blanket surety bond plan for state and local employees","history":"1982, c. 318, \u00a7 2.1-526.9; 1984, c. 324; 1988, cc. 841, 848; 1993, c. 939; 1995, c. 5; 2000, cc. 618, 632, \u00a7 2.1-191.13; 2001, c. 844.","full_text":"A\n\nSubject to the approval of the Governor, the Division shall establish a program of blanket surety bonding to provide surety for the faithful performance of duty for all state employees required by statute to be bonded, and for other agency employees handling funds or having access to funds whose function, in the opinion of the agency head and the Division, should be bonded.B\n\nLocal employees, including superintendents and jail officers of regional jail facilities as described in § 53.1-110, local constitutional officers, and those employees of the Supreme Court for whom the Commonwealth pays all or part of the costs of surety bonds shall be required to participate in the blanket surety bond program adopted by the Division through the Comptroller and the Compensation Board. The Division shall exclude clerks of the circuit court with respect to the moneys they hold pursuant to § 8.01-582 insofar as coverage is provided under § 2.2-1841 for their faithful performance concerning those moneys. Before implementing the program, the Division shall determine that the program will be of less cost to the Commonwealth than the aggregate of individual bonds costs.C\n\nThe blanket surety bonding plan for state employees shall be submitted to the Governor for approval prior to implementation.D\n\nEmployees or officers of a public service authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (§ 15.2-5100 et seq.) may participate in the blanket surety bond program adopted by the Division through the Comptroller and the Compensation Board whenever any federal or state agency lends or guarantees funds to a public service authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act where the funds are utilized in the construction or capitalization of projects authorized under the Act, and there is a condition of the loan or guarantee that those employees or officers of the authority who have access to the funds be bonded. Participation by such employees or officers shall be approved by the governing body of the county or city that created the authority or is a member of the authority, with approval of the Division.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":298920,"text":"Subject to the approval of the Governor, the Division shall establish a program of blanket surety bonding to provide surety for the faithful performance of duty for all state employees required by statute to be bonded, and for other agency employees handling funds or having access to funds whose function, in the opinion of the agency head and the Division, should be bonded.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":298921,"text":"Local employees, including superintendents and jail officers of regional jail facilities as described in § 53.1-110, local constitutional officers, and those employees of the Supreme Court for whom the Commonwealth pays all or part of the costs of surety bonds shall be required to participate in the blanket surety bond program adopted by the Division through the Comptroller and the Compensation Board. The Division shall exclude clerks of the circuit court with respect to the moneys they hold pursuant to § 8.01-582 insofar as coverage is provided under § 2.2-1841 for their faithful performance concerning those moneys. Before implementing the program, the Division shall determine that the program will be of less cost to the Commonwealth than the aggregate of individual bonds costs.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":298922,"text":"The blanket surety bonding plan for state employees shall be submitted to the Governor for approval prior to implementation.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":298923,"text":"Employees or officers of a public service authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (§ 15.2-5100 et seq.) may participate in the blanket surety bond program adopted by the Division through the Comptroller and the Compensation Board whenever any federal or state agency lends or guarantees funds to a public service authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act where the funds are utilized in the construction or capitalization of projects authorized under the Act, and there is a condition of the loan or guarantee that those employees or officers of the authority who have access to the funds be bonded. Participation by such employees or officers shall be approved by the governing body of the county or city that created the authority or is a member of the authority, with approval of the Division.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13762,"edition_id":1,"name":"Division of Risk Management","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13093,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:49","permalink":{"id":173305,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13762,"identifier":"5","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/18\/5","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/18\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13093,"edition_id":1,"name":"Department of the Treasury","identifier":"18","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13092,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","permalink":{"id":173141,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13093,"identifier":"18","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/18","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13092,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government","identifier":"C","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12784,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","permalink":{"id":172453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13092,"identifier":"C","token":"2.2\/I\/C","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12784,"edition_id":1,"name":"Organization of State Government","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12749,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":171455,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12784,"identifier":"I","token":"2.2\/I","url":"\/2.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12749,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administration of Government","identifier":"2.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":171453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12749,"identifier":"2.2","token":"2.2","url":"\/2.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":59008,"structure_id":13762,"section_number":"2.2-1832","catch_line":"Division of Risk Management","url":"\/2.2-1832\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/18\/5\/2.2-1832","metadata":false},{"id":60043,"structure_id":13762,"section_number":"2.2-1833","catch_line":"Property and insurance records to be maintained","url":"\/2.2-1833\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/18\/5\/2.2-1833","metadata":false},{"id":71069,"structure_id":13762,"section_number":"2.2-1834","catch_line":"Inspection of state-owned properties for insurance purposes; 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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 318 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1984, chapter 324; in 1988, chapters 841 and 848; in 1993, chapter 939; in 1995, chapter 5<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 618<\/a> and 632<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78549,"section_number":"10.1-2006","catch_line":"Bonds of members","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2006\/"},{"id":63592,"section_number":"15.2-1522","catch_line":"When and how officers qualify","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1522\/"},{"id":59291,"section_number":"15.2-1527","catch_line":"Bonds of officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1527\/"},{"id":78058,"section_number":"15.2-1533","catch_line":"Bond plan to be forwarded to clerk and Comptroller","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1533\/"},{"id":75253,"section_number":"2.2-2809","catch_line":"Bonds of certain officers required; condition","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2809\/"},{"id":64727,"section_number":"21-163","catch_line":"Oath and bond of members of commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-163\/"},{"id":70978,"section_number":"30-131","catch_line":"Official bonds","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-131\/"},{"id":67253,"section_number":"33.2-205","catch_line":"Oaths and bonds of members","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-205\/"},{"id":54850,"section_number":"36-111","catch_line":"Oath and bonds","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-111\/"},{"id":69825,"section_number":"42.1-16","catch_line":"Bond of Librarian of Virginia","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-16\/"},{"id":60718,"section_number":"44-21","catch_line":"Bonds of Adjutant General and fiscal clerks","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-21\/"},{"id":70636,"section_number":"46.2-202","catch_line":"Oath and bond; salary","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-202\/"},{"id":77739,"section_number":"5.1-1.3","catch_line":"Oath and bond of Director; salary","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-1.3\/"},{"id":67155,"section_number":"52-3","catch_line":"Oath, bond, and salary of Superintendent","order_by":null,"url":"\/52-3\/"},{"id":86414,"section_number":"53.1-11","catch_line":"Bond of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-11\/"},{"id":67413,"section_number":"53.1-110","catch_line":"Oath and bond of superintendent and jail officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-110\/"},{"id":83982,"section_number":"54.1-305","catch_line":"Bond of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-305\/"},{"id":65097,"section_number":"58.1-201","catch_line":"Oath and bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-201\/"},{"id":78367,"section_number":"60.2-109","catch_line":"Bond of Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-109\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54398,"section_number":"15.2-5100","catch_line":"Title of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5100\/"},{"id":54773,"section_number":"2.2-1841","catch_line":"Blanket surety bond plan for moneys under control of court","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1841\/"},{"id":67413,"section_number":"53.1-110","catch_line":"Oath and bond of superintendent and jail officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-110\/"},{"id":63701,"section_number":"8.01-582","catch_line":"Appointment of general receivers; their duties; audit of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-582\/"}],"permalink":{"id":173343,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83430,"identifier":"2.2-1840","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/18\/5\/2.2-1840","url":"\/2.2-1840\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1840\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/18\/5\/2.2-1840","dublin_core":{"Title":"Blanket surety bond plan for state and local employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1840","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Subject to the approval of the Governor, the Division shall establish a program of blanket surety<\/span> bonding to provide surety<\/span> for the faithful performance of duty for all state employees required by statute<\/span> to be bonded, and for other agency employees handling funds or having access to funds whose function, in the opinion<\/span> of the agency head and the Division, should be bonded. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Local employees, including superintendents and jail officers of regional jail facilities as described in § 53.1-110<\/a>, local constitutional officers, and those employees of the Supreme Court<\/span> for whom the Commonwealth pays all or part of the costs of surety<\/span> bonds<\/span> shall be required to participate in the blanket surety<\/span> bond<\/span> program adopted by the Division through the Comptroller and the Compensation Board. The Division shall exclude clerks of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> with respect to the moneys they hold pursuant to § 8.01-582<\/a> insofar as coverage is provided under § 2.2-1841<\/a> for their faithful performance concerning those moneys. Before implementing the program, the Division shall determine that the program will be of less cost to the Commonwealth than the aggregate of individual bonds<\/span> costs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The blanket surety<\/span> bonding plan for state employees shall be submitted to the Governor for approval prior to implementation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Employees or officers of a public service authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (§ 15.2-5100<\/a> et seq.) may participate in the blanket surety<\/span> bond<\/span> program adopted by the Division through the Comptroller and the Compensation Board whenever any federal or state agency<\/span> lends or guarantees funds to a public service authority created under the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act where the funds are utilized in the construction or capitalization of projects authorized under the Act, and there is a condition of the loan or guarantee that those employees or officers of the authority who have access to the funds be bonded. Participation by such employees or officers shall be approved by the governing body of the county or city that created the authority or is a member of the authority, with approval of the Division. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBLANKET SURETY BOND PLAN FOR STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 2.2-1840)\n\nA. Subject to the approval of the Governor, the Division shall establish a\nprogram of blanket surety bonding to provide surety for the faithful performance\nof duty for all state employees required by statute to be bonded, and for other\nagency employees handling funds or having access to funds whose function, in the\nopinion of the agency head and the Division, should be bonded.\n\nB. Local employees, including superintendents and jail officers of regional jail\nfacilities as described in § 53.1-110, local constitutional officers, and\nthose employees of the Supreme Court for whom the Commonwealth pays all or part\nof the costs of surety bonds shall be required to participate in the blanket\nsurety bond program adopted by the Division through the Comptroller and the\nCompensation Board. The Division shall exclude clerks of the circuit court with\nrespect to the moneys they hold pursuant to § 8.01-582 insofar as coverage\nis provided under § 2.2-1841 for their faithful performance concerning\nthose moneys. Before implementing the program, the Division shall determine that\nthe program will be of less cost to the Commonwealth than the aggregate of\nindividual bonds costs.\n\nC. The blanket surety bonding plan for state employees shall be submitted to the\nGovernor for approval prior to implementation.\n\nD. Employees or officers of a public service authority created under the\nVirginia Water and Waste Authorities Act (§ 15.2-5100 et seq.) may\nparticipate in the blanket surety bond program adopted by the Division through\nthe Comptroller and the Compensation Board whenever any federal or state agency\nlends or guarantees funds to a public service authority created under the\nVirginia Water and Waste Authorities Act where the funds are utilized in the\nconstruction or capitalization of projects authorized under the Act, and there\nis a condition of the loan or guarantee that those employees or officers of the\nauthority who have access to the funds be bonded. Participation by such\nemployees or officers shall be approved by the governing body of the county or\ncity that created the authority or is a member of the authority, with approval\nof the Division.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 318, \u00a7 2.1-526.9; 1984, c. 324; 1988, cc. 841, 848; 1993, c.\n939; 1995, c. 5; 2000, cc. 618, 632, \u00a7 2.1-191.13; 2001, c. 844.","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}}