CODE OF VIRGINIA CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE REQUIRED; PENALTY FOR FALSE STATEMENTS (§ 2.2-4375) A. Public bodies may require public employees having official responsibility for procurement transactions in which they participated to annually submit for such transactions a written certification that they complied with the provisions of this article. B. Any public employee required to submit a certification as provided in subsection A who knowingly makes a false statement in the certification shall be punished as provided in § 2.2-4377. HISTORY: 1992, c. 761, § 11-79.1; 2001, c. 844.