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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647 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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71618,"section_number":"2.2-3100","catch_line":"Policy; application; construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":177371,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55266,"identifier":"2.2-4368","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/6\/2.2-4368","url":"\/2.2-4368\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4368\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/6\/2.2-4368","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4368","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article:\n\t\t“Immediate family<\/span>” means a spouse, children, parents, brothers and sisters, and any other person living in the same household as the employee.\n\t\t“Official responsibility<\/span>” means administrative or operating authority, whether intermediate or final, to initiate, approve, disapprove or otherwise affect a procurement transaction<\/span>, or any claim resulting therefrom.\n\t\t“Pecuniary interest arising from the procurement<\/span>” means a personal interest in a contract<\/span> as defined in the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests<\/span> Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100<\/a> et seq.).\n\t\t“Procurement transaction<\/span>” means all functions that pertain to the obtaining of any goods<\/span>, services<\/span> or construction<\/span>, including description of requirements, selection and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of contract<\/span>, and all phases of contract<\/span> administration.\n\t\t“Public employee<\/span>” means any person employed by a public body<\/span>, including elected officials or appointed members of governing bodies.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 2.2-4368)\n\nAs used in this article:\n\t\t“Immediate family” means a spouse, children, parents, brothers and\nsisters, and any other person living in the same household as the employee.\n\t\t“Official responsibility” means administrative or operating\nauthority, whether intermediate or final, to initiate, approve, disapprove or\notherwise affect a procurement transaction, or any claim resulting therefrom.\n\t\t“Pecuniary interest arising from the procurement” means a personal\ninterest in a contract as defined in the State and Local Government Conflict of\nInterests Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100 et seq.).\n\t\t“Procurement transaction” means all functions that pertain to the\nobtaining of any goods, services or construction, including description of\nrequirements, selection and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of\ncontract, and all phases of contract administration.\n\t\t“Public employee” means any person employed by a public body,\nincluding elected officials or appointed members of governing bodies.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 647, \u00a7 11-73; 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1; 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}}