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Statutes > Virginia > Title-2-2 > Chapter-11 > 2-2-1117§ 2.2-1117. Purchases from Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired;violation.
Unless exempted by the Division, all such services, articles and commoditiesas (i) are required for purchase by the Division or by any person authorizedto make purchases on behalf of the Commonwealth and its departments, agenciesand institutions; (ii) are performed or produced by persons, or in schools orworkshops, under the supervision of the Virginia Department for the Blind andVision Impaired; (iii) are available for sale by such Department; and (iv)conform to the standards established by the Division shall be purchased fromsuch Department at the fair market price without competitive procurement.When convenience or emergency requires it the Commissioner of the Departmentfor the Blind and Vision Impaired may, upon request of the purchasingofficer, release the purchasing officer from the obligations of this section.Any purchasing officer convicted of a violation of this section shall beguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(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.)
