                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PURCHASES FROM DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED; VIOLATION (§
2.2-1117)

Unless exempted by the Division, all such services, articles and commodities as
(i) are required for purchase by the Division or by any person authorized to
make purchases on behalf of the Commonwealth and its departments, agencies and
institutions; (ii) are performed or produced by persons, or in schools or
workshops, under the supervision of the Virginia Department for the Blind and
Vision Impaired; (iii) are available for sale by such Department; and (iv)
conform to the standards established by the Division shall be purchased from
such Department at the fair market price without competitive procurement. When
convenience or emergency requires it the Commissioner of the Department for the
Blind and Vision Impaired may, upon request of the purchasing officer, release
the purchasing officer from the obligations of this section. Any purchasing
officer convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 2-259.2; 1954, c. 71; 1958, c. 124; 1966, c. 677, §
2.1-285; 1977, c. 672, § 2.1-450; 1982, c. 647; 1984, c. 498; 2001, c. 844.