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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373454</law_id><section_number>59.1-68.7</section_number><catch_line>Combinations to rig bids</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-68.8</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="127" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="12" identifier="4.2">Conspiracy to Rig Bids to Government</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any combination, conspiracy or agreement to intentionally rig, alter or otherwise manipulate, or to cause to be rigged, altered or otherwise manipulated any <span class="dictionary">bid</span> submitted to the Commonwealth of Virginia or any governmental unit for the purpose of allocating purchases or sales to or among <span class="dictionary">persons</span>, raising or otherwise fixing the prices of the goods or services, or excluding other <span class="dictionary">persons</span> from dealing with the Commonwealth or any other governmental unit shall be unlawful. <a id="paragraph-1393850" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-68.7/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-1393851" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-68.7/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 471.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
