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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205567,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70517,"identifier":"33.2-1109","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/2\/33.2-1109","url":"\/33.2-1109\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1109\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/2\/33.2-1109","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of refusal to permit or withholding from examination of papers, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any highway<\/span> contractors’ association, whether domiciled in Virginia or not, on application of any person authorized by this article to examine and inspect its records, refuses to permit such examination and inspection of its papers, accounts, and records, or fails to produce at its principal office for examination and inspection any of its papers, accounts, or records when requested so to do, or knowingly withholds from examination and inspection any of its papers, accounts, and records, for the purpose of secreting any of its acts or activities or the amount or sources of or the use made of its revenue, the person requesting or making such examination and inspection shall report the fact<\/span> to the Governor, who shall certify the fact<\/span> to the Commissioner of Highways<\/span>.\n\t\tNo contract<\/span> for highway<\/span> or highway<\/span> bridge construction, repair, or maintenance<\/span> or for the supplying of any labor, materials<\/span>, or supplies for such construction, repair, or maintenance<\/span> shall be thereafter let to any member of such association until the Governor has certified to the Board<\/span> that a full examination and inspection of the papers, accounts, and records of such association has been made with the free consent and cooperation of such association and that such examination and inspection discloses nothing in the purposes, methods, or activities of such association detrimental to the public interest or tending to prevent competition in or increase the cost of highway<\/span> and highway<\/span> bridge construction, repair, or maintenance<\/span> in the Commonwealth and that none of its revenue has been used for political purposes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF REFUSAL TO PERMIT OR WITHHOLDING FROM EXAMINATION OF PAPERS, ETC (\u00a7\n33.2-1109)\n\nIf any highway contractors’ association, whether domiciled in Virginia or\nnot, on application of any person authorized by this article to examine and\ninspect its records, refuses to permit such examination and inspection of its\npapers, accounts, and records, or fails to produce at its principal office for\nexamination and inspection any of its papers, accounts, or records when\nrequested so to do, or knowingly withholds from examination and inspection any\nof its papers, accounts, and records, for the purpose of secreting any of its\nacts or activities or the amount or sources of or the use made of its revenue,\nthe person requesting or making such examination and inspection shall report the\nfact to the Governor, who shall certify the fact to the Commissioner of\nHighways.\n\t\tNo contract for highway or highway bridge construction, repair, or maintenance\nor for the supplying of any labor, materials, or supplies for such construction,\nrepair, or maintenance shall be thereafter let to any member of such association\nuntil the Governor has certified to the Board that a full examination and\ninspection of the papers, accounts, and records of such association has been\nmade with the free consent and cooperation of such association and that such\nexamination and inspection discloses nothing in the purposes, methods, or\nactivities of such association detrimental to the public interest or tending to\nprevent competition in or increase the cost of highway and highway bridge\nconstruction, repair, or maintenance in the Commonwealth and that none of its\nrevenue has been used for political purposes.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-274; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-340; 2014, c. 805.","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}}