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All board members, officers and employees of any vendor to the Department of lottery on-line or instant ticket goods or services working directly on a contract with the Department for such goods or services shall be fingerprinted, and such fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a National Criminal Records search conducted by the chief security officer of the Virginia Lottery. A background investigation shall be conducted by the chief security officer of the Virginia Lottery on every applicant prior to employment by the Department. However, all division directors of the Virginia Lottery and employees of the Virginia Lottery performing duties primarily related to security matters shall be subject to a background investigation report conducted by the Department of State Police prior to employment by the Department. The Department of State Police shall be reimbursed by the Virginia Lottery for the cost of investigations conducted pursuant to this section or \u00a7 58.1-4005. No person who has been convicted of a felony, bookmaking or other forms of illegal gambling, or of a crime involving moral turpitude shall be employed by the Department or on contracts with vendors described in this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":220243,"text":"All persons employed by the Department shall be fingerprinted before, and as a condition of, employment. These fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a National Criminal Records search and to the Department of State Police for a Virginia Criminal History Records search. All board members, officers and employees of any vendor to the Department of lottery on-line or instant ticket goods or services working directly on a contract with the Department for such goods or services shall be fingerprinted, and such fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a National Criminal Records search conducted by the chief security officer of the Virginia Lottery. A background investigation shall be conducted by the chief security officer of the Virginia Lottery on every applicant prior to employment by the Department. However, all division directors of the Virginia Lottery and employees of the Virginia Lottery performing duties primarily related to security matters shall be subject to a background investigation report conducted by the Department of State Police prior to employment by the Department. The Department of State Police shall be reimbursed by the Virginia Lottery for the cost of investigations conducted pursuant to this section or \u00a7 58.1-4005. No person who has been convicted of a felony, bookmaking or other forms of illegal gambling, or of a crime involving moral turpitude shall be employed by the Department or on contracts with vendors described in this section.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13969,"edition_id":1,"name":"Powers and Duties of Virginia Lottery Board; Administration of Tickets and Prizes","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13968,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:27","permalink":{"id":259077,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13969,"identifier":"1","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1","url":"\/58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13968,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Lottery Law; Sports Betting","identifier":"40","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13501,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:27","permalink":{"id":259075,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13968,"identifier":"40","token":"58.1\/IV\/40","url":"\/58.1\/IV\/40\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13501,"edition_id":1,"name":"Other Sources of State Revenue","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12703,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:05","permalink":{"id":259073,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13501,"identifier":"IV","token":"58.1\/IV","url":"\/58.1\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12703,"edition_id":1,"name":"Taxation","identifier":"58.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":251959,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12703,"identifier":"58.1","token":"58.1","url":"\/58.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":56298,"structure_id":13969,"section_number":"58.1-4000","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/58.1-4000\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4000","metadata":false},{"id":66405,"structure_id":13969,"section_number":"58.1-4001","catch_line":"Establishment of state lottery","url":"\/58.1-4001\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4001","metadata":false},{"id":70493,"structure_id":13969,"section_number":"58.1-4002","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/58.1-4002\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4002","metadata":false},{"id":78216,"structure_id":13969,"section_number":"58.1-4003","catch_line":"Virginia Lottery established","url":"\/58.1-4003\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4003","metadata":false},{"id":59963,"structure_id":13969,"section_number":"58.1-4004","catch_line":"Membership of Board; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 531 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 1987 \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 1989, chapter 478; in 1992, chapter 449; in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0555\">555<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0225\">225<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55760,"section_number":"58.1-4005","catch_line":"Appointment, qualifications and salary of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-4005\/"}],"permalink":{"id":259127,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60211,"identifier":"58.1-4008","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4008","url":"\/58.1-4008\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-4008\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4008","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employees of the Department; background investigations of employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-4008","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All persons employed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall be fingerprinted before, and as a condition of, employment. These fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a National Criminal Records search and to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of State Police for a Virginia Criminal History Records search. All <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> members, officers and employees of any vendor to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">lottery<\/span> on-line or instant ticket goods or services working directly on a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> for such goods or services shall be fingerprinted, and such fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a National Criminal Records search conducted by the chief security officer of the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Lottery<\/span>. A background investigation shall be conducted by the chief security officer of the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Lottery<\/span> on every applicant prior to employment by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. However, all division <span class=\"dictionary\">directors<\/span> of the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Lottery<\/span> and employees of the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Lottery<\/span> performing duties primarily related to security matters shall be subject to a background investigation report conducted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of State Police prior to employment by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of State Police shall be reimbursed by the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Lottery<\/span> for the cost of investigations conducted pursuant to this section or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Appointment, qualifications and salary of Director\" href=\"\/58.1-4005\/\">58.1-4005<\/a>. No person who has been convicted of a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>, bookmaking or other forms of illegal gambling, or of a <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> involving <span class=\"dictionary\">moral turpitude<\/span> shall be employed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> or on <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> with vendors described in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT; BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS OF EMPLOYEES (\u00a7\n58.1-4008)\n\nAll persons employed by the Department shall be fingerprinted before, and as a\ncondition of, employment. These fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal\nBureau of Investigation for a National Criminal Records search and to the\nDepartment of State Police for a Virginia Criminal History Records search. All\nboard members, officers and employees of any vendor to the Department of lottery\non-line or instant ticket goods or services working directly on a contract with\nthe Department for such goods or services shall be fingerprinted, and such\nfingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a\nNational Criminal Records search conducted by the chief security officer of the\nVirginia Lottery. A background investigation shall be conducted by the chief\nsecurity officer of the Virginia Lottery on every applicant prior to employment\nby the Department. However, all division directors of the Virginia Lottery and\nemployees of the Virginia Lottery performing duties primarily related to\nsecurity matters shall be subject to a background investigation report conducted\nby the Department of State Police prior to employment by the Department. The\nDepartment of State Police shall be reimbursed by the Virginia Lottery for the\ncost of investigations conducted pursuant to this section or \u00a7 58.1-4005. No\nperson who has been convicted of a felony, bookmaking or other forms of illegal\ngambling, or of a crime involving moral turpitude shall be employed by the\nDepartment or on contracts with vendors described in this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 531; 1989, c. 478; 1992, c. 449; 2004, c. 555; 2014, c. 225.","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}}