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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 471 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 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77143,"section_number":"19.2-215.1","catch_line":"Functions of a multi-jurisdiction grand jury","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-215.1\/"},{"id":84046,"section_number":"2.2-4317","catch_line":"Prequalification generally; prequalification for construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4317\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261737,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57770,"identifier":"59.1-68.6","token":"59.1\/4.2\/59.1-68.6","url":"\/59.1-68.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-68.6\/","token":"59.1\/4.2\/59.1-68.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-68.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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3.<\/span> “Bid<\/span>” means any submission of a price, whether written or oral, for any goods, services or construction to be provided. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-68.6)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the text indicates otherwise:\n\n1. “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership or corporation;\n\n2. “Governmental units” means all state agencies and all political\nsubdivisions or agencies thereof;\n\n3. “Bid” means any submission of a price, whether written or oral,\nfor any goods, services or construction to be provided.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 471.","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}}