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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85544</law_id><section_number>2.2-3104</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited conduct for certain officers and employees of state government</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="E">State Officers and Employees</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="31">State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Generally Prohibited and Unlawful Conduct</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For one year after the termination of public employment or service, no <span class="dictionary">state officer or employee</span> shall, before the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> of which he was an officer or employee, represent a client or act in a representative capacity on behalf of any person or group, for compensation, on matters related to legislation, executive <span class="dictionary">orders</span>, or regulations promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> of which he was an officer or employee. This prohibition shall be in addition to the prohibitions contained in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Prohibited conduct" href="/2.2-3103/">2.2-3103</a>.
		For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">state officer or employee</span>&#x201D; shall mean (i) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, and <span class="dictionary">officers</span> appointed by the Governor, whether confirmation by the General Assembly or by either house thereof is required or not, who are regularly employed on a full-time salaried basis; those <span class="dictionary">officers</span> and <span class="dictionary">employees</span> of executive branch agencies who report directly to the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> head; and those at the level immediately below those who report directly to the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> head and are at a payband 6 or higher and (ii) the <span class="dictionary">officers</span> and professional <span class="dictionary">employees</span> of the legislative branch designated by the joint rules committee of the General Assembly. For the purposes of this section, the General Assembly and the legislative branch agencies shall be deemed one <span class="dictionary">agency</span>.
		To the extent this prohibition applies to the Governor&#x2019;s Secretaries, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">agency</span>&#x201D; means all agencies assigned to the Secretary by <span class="dictionary">law</span> or by executive <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the Governor.
		Any person subject to the provisions of this section may apply to the <span class="dictionary">Council</span> or <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Advisory opinions" href="/2.2-3121/">2.2-3121</a> or <a class="law" title="Enforcement" href="/2.2-3126/">2.2-3126</a>, for an advisory <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> as to the application of the restriction imposed by this section on any post-public employment position or opportunity.</p></section></text><history>1994, cc. 727, 776, &#xA7; 2.1-639.4:1; 2001, c. 844; 2013, c. 648; 2014, cc. 792, 804; 2015, cc. 763, 777.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
