                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

KICKBACKS (§ 2.2-4372)

A. No contractor or subcontractor shall demand or receive from any of his
suppliers or his subcontractors, as an inducement for the award of a subcontract
or order, any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services
or anything, present or promised, unless consideration of substantially equal or
greater value is exchanged.

B. No subcontractor or supplier shall make, or offer to make, kickbacks as
described in this section.

C. No person shall demand or receive any payment, loan, subscription, advance,
deposit of money, services or anything of value in return for an agreement not
to compete on a public contract.

D. If a subcontractor or supplier makes a kickback or other prohibited payment
as described in this section, the amount thereof shall be conclusively presumed
to have been included in the price of the subcontract or order and ultimately
borne by the public body and shall be recoverable from both the maker and
recipient. Recovery from one offending party shall not preclude recovery from
other offending parties.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 647, § 11-78; 2001, c. 844.