Virginia House Bill 667 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-07 - House: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process. Includes the mayor or chief executive officer of a locality, school superintendent, and any member of a local governing body, planning commission, or school board in the current prohibition against knowingly soliciting or accepting a contribution, gift, or other item with a value greater than $50 from any bidder, offeror, or private entity who has submitted a bid or proposal pursuant to the Virginia Public Procurement Act, the Public-Private Transportation Act, or the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act during the bidding period. The restrictions only apply if the stated or expected value of the contract is $5 million or more and do not apply to contracts awarded as the result of competitive sealed bidding. Furthermore, no bidder, offeror, or private entity who has submitted a bid or proposal under such acts shall offer or promise to make such a gift to the mayor or chief executive officer of a locality, school superintendent, or any member of a local governing body, planning commission, or school board. Any violation shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500 or up to two times the amount of the contribution or gift, whichever is greater.

Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-07		House: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws by voice vote
2012-02-02		House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2012-01-17		House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100683D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3104.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4376.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB667
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB667+hil