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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 582 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 945<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 257<\/a> and 289<\/a>; in 2019, chapters 111<\/a> and 472<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1379861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347312,"identifier":"15.2-1408","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1\/15.2-1408","url":"\/15.2-1408\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1408\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1\/15.2-1408","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees by certain counties and cities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1408","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The term “officer or employee,” as used in this section, includes members of local governing bodies, county<\/span> or city<\/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 local governing body<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In the Counties of Bedford, Fauquier, James City<\/span>, Pittsylvania, and Stafford and the Cities of Charlottesville and Virginia Beach, the governing body<\/span>, 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 city<\/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> or city<\/span> officer or employee through decision, approval, or recommendation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In the City<\/span> of Richmond, the governing body<\/span>, by ordinance<\/span>, may prohibit former officers and employees, for one year after their terms of office have ended or employment has ceased, from representing a client or acting in a representative capacity on behalf of any person or group, for compensation, on matters related to ordinances<\/span>, contracts<\/span>, proceedings, applications, cases, or other matters of any nature involving any agency, department, or office of local government<\/span> in which the former officer or employee served or was employed during the one-year period immediately prior to the termination of employment or service. This prohibition shall be in addition to any other prohibition that may be provided by law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRICTIONS ON ACTIVITIES OF FORMER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES BY CERTAIN COUNTIES\nAND CITIES (\u00a7 15.2-1408)\n\nA. The term “officer or employee,” as used in this section, includes\nmembers of local governing bodies, county or city 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 local governing body.\n\nB. In the Counties of Bedford, Fauquier, James City, Pittsylvania, and Stafford\nand the Cities of Charlottesville and Virginia Beach, the governing body, by\nordinance, may prohibit former officers and employees, for one year after their\nterms of office have ended or employment ceased, from providing personal and\nsubstantial assistance for remuneration of any kind to any party, in connection\nwith any proceeding, application, case, contract, or other particular matter\ninvolving the county or city or an agency thereof, if that matter is one in\nwhich the former officer or employee participated personally and substantially\nas a county or city officer or employee through decision, approval, or\nrecommendation.\n\nC. In the City of Richmond, the governing body, by ordinance, may prohibit\nformer officers and employees, for one year after their terms of office have\nended or employment has ceased, from representing a client or acting in a\nrepresentative capacity on behalf of any person or group, for compensation, on\nmatters related to ordinances, contracts, proceedings, applications, cases, or\nother matters of any nature involving any agency, department, or office of local\ngovernment in which the former officer or employee served or was employed during\nthe one-year period immediately prior to the termination of employment or\nservice. This prohibition shall be in addition to any other prohibition that may\nbe provided by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 582, \u00a7 15.1-29.22; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 945; 2005, cc. 257,\n289; 2019, cc. 111, 472.","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"}}