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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 385 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1992, chapter 755; in 1993, chapter 923; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 596<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":69200,"section_number":"51.5-60","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-60\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236523,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54887,"identifier":"51.5-100","token":"51.5\/12\/4\/51.5-100","url":"\/51.5-100\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-100\/","token":"51.5\/12\/4\/51.5-100","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation of vending machines at rest areas on interstate highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-100","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span>, in cooperation with the Department<\/span> of Transportation, is authorized to operate vending machines<\/span> at rest areas on the interstate highways in the Commonwealth and to use the net proceeds from such operations to establish and operate vending stands<\/span> and other business enterprises<\/span> as defined in Article 1 (§ 51.5-60<\/a> et seq.) and to provide health insurance for blind vendors. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> of General Services shall conduct the procurement process for contracts<\/span> for goods or services authorized by the Department<\/span> under subsection A, including (i) preparing the solicitation document that will be used, (ii) the evaluating of responses to the issued solicitation, and (iii) making the award decision on the basis of the final scoring of bids or proposals. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION OF VENDING MACHINES AT REST AREAS ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS (\u00a7 51.5-100)\n\nA. The Department, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, is\nauthorized to operate vending machines at rest areas on the interstate highways\nin the Commonwealth and to use the net proceeds from such operations to\nestablish and operate vending stands and other business enterprises as defined\nin Article 1 (§ 51.5-60 et seq.) and to provide health insurance for blind\nvendors.\n\nB. The Department of General Services shall conduct the procurement process for\ncontracts for goods or services authorized by the Department under subsection A,\nincluding (i) preparing the solicitation document that will be used, (ii) the\nevaluating of responses to the issued solicitation, and (iii) making the award\ndecision on the basis of the final scoring of bids or proposals.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 385, \u00a7 63.1-75.1; 1992, c. 755; 1993, c. 923; 2002, c. 747;\n2016, c. 596.","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}}