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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72180</law_id><section_number>2.2-4377</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for violation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>2.2-4343</reference><reference>2.2-4375</reference><reference>22.1-212.2:2</reference><reference>23.1-2213</reference></referred_to_by><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>Any person convicted of a willful violation of any provision of this article shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. Upon <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>, any <span class="dictionary">public employee</span>, in addition to any other fine or <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, shall forfeit his employment.</p></section></text><history>1982, c. 647, &#xA7; 11-80; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
