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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 38 and 254 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1378571,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348609,"identifier":"15.2-515","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/2\/15.2-515","url":"\/15.2-515\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-515\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/2\/15.2-515","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-515","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any county<\/span> with a population of at least 100,000, the board, by ordinance<\/span>, may prohibit former officers and employees, for one year after their terms of office have ended or employment ceased, from providing personal and substantial assistance for remuneration of any kind to any party<\/span>, in connection with any proceeding, application, case, contract<\/span>, or other particular matter involving the county<\/span> or an agency thereof, if that matter is one in which the former officer or employee participated personally and substantially as a county<\/span> officer or employee through decision, approval, or recommendation.<\/p>

The term “officer or employee,” as used in this section, includes members of the board of county<\/span> supervisors<\/span>, county<\/span> officers and employees, and individuals who receive monetary compensation for service on or employment by agencies, boards, authorities, sanitary districts, commissions, committees, and task forces appointed by the board of county<\/span> supervisors<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRICTIONS ON ACTIVITIES OF FORMER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 15.2-515)\n\nIn any county with a population of at least 100,000, the board, by ordinance,\nmay prohibit former officers and employees, for one year after their terms of\noffice have ended or employment ceased, from providing personal and substantial\nassistance for remuneration of any kind to any party, in connection with any\nproceeding, application, case, contract, or other particular matter involving\nthe county or an agency thereof, if that matter is one in which the former\nofficer or employee participated personally and substantially as a county\nofficer or employee through decision, approval, or recommendation.\n\nThe term “officer or employee,” as used in this section, includes\nmembers of the board of county supervisors, county officers and employees, and\nindividuals who receive monetary compensation for service on or employment by\nagencies, boards, authorities, sanitary districts, commissions, committees, and\ntask forces appointed by the board of county supervisors.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, cc. 38, 254, \u00a7 15.1-600.1; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}