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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54992</law_id><section_number>30-105</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited contracts by legislators</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>30-106</reference><reference>30-125</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="30">General Assembly</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="13">General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Prohibited Conduct Regarding Contracts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">legislator</span> shall have a <span class="dictionary">personal interest in a contract</span> with the legislative branch of state government. <a id="paragraph-201723" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-105/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">legislator</span> shall have a <span class="dictionary">personal interest in a contract</span> with any <span class="dictionary">governmental agency</span> of the executive or judicial branches of state government, other than in a contract of regular employment, unless such contract is awarded as a result of competitive <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> bidding or competitive negotiation as set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Process for competitive sealed bidding" href="/2.2-4302.1/">2.2-4302.1</a> or <a class="law" title="Process for competitive negotiation" href="/2.2-4302.2/">2.2-4302.2</a> or is exempted from competitive <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> bidding or competitive negotiation pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exemptions from competition for certain transactions" href="/2.2-4344/">2.2-4344</a>. <a id="paragraph-201724" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-105/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No <span class="dictionary">legislator</span> shall have a <span class="dictionary">personal interest in a contract</span> with any <span class="dictionary">governmental agency</span> of local government, other than in a contract of regular employment, unless such contract is (i) awarded as a result of competitive <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> bidding or competitive negotiation as set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Process for competitive sealed bidding" href="/2.2-4302.1/">2.2-4302.1</a> or <a class="law" title="Process for competitive negotiation" href="/2.2-4302.2/">2.2-4302.2</a> or is awarded as a result of a procedure embodying competitive principles as authorized by subdivision A 10 or A 11 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exemption from operation of chapter for certain transactions" href="/2.2-4343/">2.2-4343</a>; (ii) exempted from competitive <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> bidding, competitive negotiation, or a procedure embodying competitive principles pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exemptions from competition for certain transactions" href="/2.2-4344/">2.2-4344</a>; or (iii) awarded after a <span class="dictionary">finding</span>, in writing, by the administrative head of the local <span class="dictionary">governmental agency</span> that competitive bidding or negotiation is contrary to the best interest of the public. <a id="paragraph-201725" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-105/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The provisions of this section shall not apply to <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> for the sale by a <span class="dictionary">governmental agency</span> of services or goods at uniform prices available to the general public. <a id="paragraph-201726" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-105/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The provisions of this section shall not apply to a <span class="dictionary">legislator</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">personal interest in a contract</span> between a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and a publisher or wholesaler of textbooks or other educational <span class="dictionary">materials</span> for students, which accrues to him solely because he has authored or otherwise created such textbooks or <span class="dictionary">materials</span>. <a id="paragraph-201727" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-105/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, &#xA7; 2.1-639.35; 2001, c. 844; 2013, c. 583; 2017, cc. 829, 832.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
