                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITED CONTRACTS BY LEGISLATORS (§ 30-105)

A. No legislator shall have a personal interest in a contract with the
legislative branch of state government.

B. No legislator shall have a personal interest in a contract with any
governmental agency 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 sealed bidding or competitive negotiation as set
forth in &#xA7; 2.2-4302.1 or 2.2-4302.2 or is exempted from competitive sealed
bidding or competitive negotiation pursuant to &#xA7; 2.2-4344.

C. No legislator shall have a personal interest in a contract with any
governmental agency of local government, other than in a contract of regular
employment, unless such contract is (i) awarded as a result of competitive
sealed bidding or competitive negotiation as set forth in &#xA7; 2.2-4302.1 or
2.2-4302.2 or is awarded as a result of a procedure embodying competitive
principles as authorized by subdivision A 10 or A 11 of &#xA7; 2.2-4343; (ii)
exempted from competitive sealed bidding, competitive negotiation, or a
procedure embodying competitive principles pursuant to &#xA7; 2.2-4344; or (iii)
awarded after a finding, in writing, by the administrative head of the local
governmental agency that competitive bidding or negotiation is contrary to the
best interest of the public.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts for the sale by a
governmental agency of services or goods at uniform prices available to the
general public.

E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a legislator&#8217;s
personal interest in a contract between a public institution of higher education
in the Commonwealth and a publisher or wholesaler of textbooks or other
educational materials for students, which accrues to him solely because he has
authored or otherwise created such textbooks or materials.

HISTORY: 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, § 2.1-639.35; 2001, c. 844; 2013, c. 583; 2017,
cc. 829, 832.