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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55266</law_id><section_number>2.2-4368</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="43">Virginia Public Procurement Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="6">Ethics in Public Contracting</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Immediate family</span>&#x201D; means a spouse, children, parents, brothers and sisters, and any other person living in the same household as the employee.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Official responsibility</span>&#x201D; means administrative or operating authority, whether intermediate or final, to initiate, approve, disapprove or otherwise affect a <span class="dictionary">procurement transaction</span>, or any claim resulting therefrom.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Pecuniary interest arising from the procurement</span>&#x201D; means a personal interest in a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> as defined in the State and Local Government <span class="dictionary">Conflict of Interests</span> Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Policy; application; construction" href="/2.2-3100/">2.2-3100</a> et seq.).
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Procurement transaction</span>&#x201D; means all functions that pertain to the obtaining of any <span class="dictionary">goods</span>, <span class="dictionary">services</span> or <span class="dictionary">construction</span>, including description of requirements, selection and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, and all phases of <span class="dictionary">contract</span> administration.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Public employee</span>&#x201D; means any person employed by a <span class="dictionary">public body</span>, including elected officials or appointed members of governing bodies.</p></section></text><history>1982, c. 647, &#xA7; 11-73; 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
