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VA Code § 15.2-1231 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1231. Centralized competitive purchasing by chief administrative officer

A. The governing body of any county having a chief administrative officer may provide for the centralized competitive purchasing of all supplies, equipment, materials and commodities for all departments, officers and employees of the county, and for the county school board and the local board of social services. For counties not currently engaged in centralized competitive purchasing, the local governing body and the local school board may create a centralized competitive purchasing system only by mutual agreement. Such purchasing shall be done by the chief administrative officer under the supervision of the governing body of the county and shall be accomplished in accordance with Chapter 43 (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) of Title 2.2.B. Such governing bodies may establish and maintain such systems of bookkeeping, accounting and controls as are necessary to the proper operation of such system of competitive purchasing and to establish such storage facilities as are necessary therefor.C. Such governing bodies may require all departments to obtain their supplies, equipment, materials and commodities from the chief administrative officer, on requisitions prescribed by the governing body and to charge such departments therefor.Code 1950, §§ 15-551.12, 15-551.13, 15-551.14; 1950, pp. 444, 445; 1962, c. 623, §§ 15.1-127, 15.1-128, 15.1-129; 1982, c. 647; 1997, c. 587; 2002, cc. 452, 747.
VA Code § 15.2-1232 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1232. Posting of bond not prerequisite to exercise of right by county

Whenever the law requires the posting of a bond, with or without surety, as a condition precedent to the exercise of any right, a county, without giving such bond, may exercise such right, provided all other conditions precedent are complied with, and no action shall be delayed or refused because the county has not filed or executed the bond that might otherwise be required, and the county shall be bound to the same extent that it would have been bound had the bond been given.1980, c. 298, § 15.1-508.1; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1232.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1232.1. Auctions; pawnshops; secondhand dealers; peddling; fraud and deceit in sales; weights and measures

A county may regulate the sale of property at auction; may regulate the conduct of and prescribe the number of pawnshops and dealers in secondhand goods, wares and merchandise; may regulate or prohibit peddling; may prevent fraud or deceit in the sale of property; may require weighing, measuring, gauging and inspection of goods, wares and merchandise offered for sale; and may provide for the sealing of weights and measures and the inspection and testing thereof.2003, c. 448.
VA Code § 15.2-1232.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1232.2. Creation of local economic revitalization zones

A. Any county may establish by ordinance one or more economic revitalization zones for the purpose of providing incentives to private entities to purchase real property and interests in real property to assemble parcels suitable for economic development. Each county establishing an economic revitalization zone may grant incentives and provide regulatory flexibility. Such zones shall be reasonably compact, shall not encompass the entire county, and shall constitute one or more tax parcels not commonly owned. Properties that are acquired through the use of eminent domain shall not be eligible for the incentives and regulatory flexibility provided by the ordinance.B. The incentives may include, but not be limited to, (i) reduction of permit fees, (ii) reduction of user fees, (iii) reduction of any type of gross receipts tax, and (iv) waiver of tax liens to facilitate the sale of property.C. Incentives established pursuant to this section may extend for a period of up to 10 years from the date of initial establishment of the economic revitalization zone; however, the extent and duration of any incentive shall conform to the requirements of applicable federal and state law.D. The regulatory flexibility provided in an economic revitalization zone may include (i) special zoning for the district; (ii) the use of a special permit process; (iii) exemption from certain specified ordinances, excluding ordinances or provisions of ordinances adopted pursuant to the requirements of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (§ 62.1-44.15:67 et seq.), the Erosion and Sediment Control Law (§ 62.1-44.15:51 et seq.), and the Virginia Stormwater Management Act (§ 62.1-44.15:24 et seq.); and (iv) any other incentives adopted by ordinance, which shall be binding upon the county for a period of up to 10 years.E. The governing body may establish a service district for the provision of additional public services pursuant to Chapter 24 (§ 15.2-2400 et seq.).F. This section shall not authorize any local government powers that are not expressly granted herein.G. Prior to adopting or amending any ordinance pursuant to this section, a county shall provide for notice and public hearing in accordance with subsection A of § 15.2-2204.2017, c. 384.
VA Code § 15.2-1233 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1233. Article not applicable until agent employed

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any county until the governing body employs a county purchasing agent or designates someone to perform such duties, as provided in § 15.2-1543.Code 1950, § 15-549; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-113; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1234 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1234. Definitions

As used in this article, "supplies" means any articles or things, including equipment, which are used by or furnished to any department, institution, office, board or other agency of county government."Contractual services" means any telephone, telegraph, postal, electric light and power service and other similar services.Code 1950, § 15-542; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-106; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1235 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1235. Rules and regulations to govern county purchases

A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, any supplies or contractual services needed by one or more departments or agencies of the county government shall be directly purchased or contracted for by the county purchasing agent, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.B. The county purchasing agent, subject to the approval of the governing body of the county, shall promulgate regulations for the following purposes:1. Prescribing the manner in which supplies shall be purchased, delivered, stored, and distributed;2. Prescribing the dates for making requisitions and estimates, the future period which they are to cover, the form in which they shall be submitted, the manner of their authentication, and their revision by the county purchasing agent;3. Providing for the transfer to or between county departments and agencies of supplies which are surplus with one department or agency but which may be needed by another, and for the disposal by sale, after receipt of competitive bids, of supplies which are obsolete and unusable;4. Prescribing the amount of deposit or bond to be submitted with a bid on a contract and the amount of deposit or bond to be given for the faithful performance of a contract;5. Prescribing the manner in which claims for supplies and contractual services delivered to the departments and agencies of the county shall be submitted, examined, approved and paid; and6. Providing for such other matters as may be necessary to give effect to the foregoing rules and the provisions of this article.Code 1950, § 15-543; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-107; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1236 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1236. Purchases and sales to be based on competition

A. All purchases of, and contracts for, supplies and contractual services shall be in accordance with Chapter 43 (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) of Title 2.2.B. All sales of any personal property which has become obsolete and unusable shall be based wherever feasible on competitive bids. If the amount of the sale is estimated by the county purchasing agent to exceed $5,000, sealed bids shall, unless the governing body provides otherwise, be solicited by public notice published at least once in a newspaper of countywide circulation at least five calendar days before the final date of submitting bids.Code 1950, § 15-544; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-108; 1977, c. 217; 1980, c. 16; 1982, c. 647; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1237 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1237. Legal review of contracts; filing

All contracts shall be approved as to form by the county attorney or other qualified attorney and a copy of each long-term contract shall be filed with the treasurer or other chief financial officer of the county.Code 1950, § 15-545; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-109; 1977, c. 584; 1982, c. 647; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1238 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1238. Certification of sufficient funds

Except in emergency, no order for delivery on a contract or open market order for supplies or contractual services for any county department or agency shall be awarded until the chief financial officer has certified that the unencumbered balance in the appropriation concerned, in excess of all unpaid obligations, is sufficient to defray the cost of such order.Code 1950, § 15-546; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-110; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1239 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1239. Orders and contracts in violation of article

If any department or agency of the county government purchases or contracts for any supplies or contractual services contrary to the provisions of this article or the rules and regulations made thereunder, such order or contract shall be void and the head of such department or agency shall be personally liable for the costs of such order or contract.Code 1950, § 15-546; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-110; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1240 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1240. Violation of § 15.2-1238 or § 15.2-1239 a misdemeanor

Any violation of § 15.2-1238 or § 15.2-1239 shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided by § 18.2-12.Code 1950, § 15-548; 1960, c. 360; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-112; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1241 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1241. Signing records when chairman has died, moved, etc., before signing them

When the chairman of any county governing body who should have signed the records of the proceedings of any meeting of the governing body has died, moved from the county, completed his term of office or for any other reason become incapacitated to perform the duties of his office, without having signed such records, the governing body shall have such records read at a regular meeting and if no error appears shall direct its then chairman to sign such record. The governing body shall thereupon enter on its records the fact of such reading and signing. Such records, when so signed, shall be as valid as if they had been signed by the chairman who presided at the time when such order or orders were made.Code 1950, § 15-235; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-530; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1242 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1242. Minutes of meetings and proceedings

The governing body of every county shall cause to be recorded, in well bound books or by a microphotographic process which complies with standards adopted pursuant to regulations issued under § 42.1-82 for microfilm, microfiche, or such other similar microphotographic process, complete minutes of all their respective meetings and proceedings. All bids submitted on any building, materials, supplies, work, or project to be let to contract by any governing body may be incorporated by reference in such minutes, and the record of such bids shall be retained in a separate file. Such minutes and records of bids shall be kept open to public inspection at all reasonable times for a period of three years after they have been recorded. The minutes of regularly occurring workshop meetings at which no official action is taken may be recorded by tape or sound recording, which shall be retained and available for public inspection in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) and the Virginia Public Records Act (§ 42.1-76 et seq.).Code 1950, § 15-248; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-543; 1979, c. 209; 1980, c. 220; 1997, c. 587; 1999, c. 126.
VA Code § 15.2-1243 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1243. Governing body to receive, audit and approve claims; warrants

A. The governing body of every county shall receive and audit all claims against the county, except those required to be received and audited by the county school board, and shall, by resolution or recorded vote, approve and order warrants issued in settlement of those claims that are found to be valid; provided that a county administrator, county executive or county manager may sign and issue orders or warrants under such conditions as the governing body may prescribe. Every warrant issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall bear the date on which the governing body orders it to be issued and shall be made payable on demand, signed by the clerk of the governing body or his deputy, countersigned by the chairman or acting chairman of the governing body, and recorded in the form and manner prescribed by the Auditor of Public Accounts. Such warrant may be converted to a negotiable check by the treasurer, or appropriately designated deputy treasurer, by affixing his signature thereto in conformity with the provisions of § 58.1-3162 and by designating thereon the bank by which it is to be paid.B. Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection A, the governing body of any county may provide, by resolution, for the drawing of special warrants on the county treasurer, payable out of county funds, in payment of compensation, when such compensation has been earned or is due for (i) all employees and officers under written contract, and all officers elected or appointed for a term of office and their deputies and employees, (ii) upon receipt of certified time sheets or other evidence of services performed, the payment of all other employees whose rates of pay have been established by such governing body or its properly designated agent, or (iii) for payment on contracts for construction projects according to the terms of such contracts. All such special warrants so authorized shall be signed by the clerk of such governing body and countersigned by the chairman of such governing body. Any special warrant may be converted into a negotiable check in the manner provided in subsection A. All such payrolls and contracts so paid shall be reviewed and approved by the governing body at its next regular meeting.C. The governing body of any county may, in its discretion, destroy the papers constituting any or all claims allowed and paid, upon the expiration of five years after audit in accordance with retention regulations established pursuant to the Virginia Public Records Act (§ 42.1-76 et seq.).Code 1950, § 15-253; 1952, cc. 16, 304; 1954, c. 183; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-547; 1968, c. 269; 1979, c. 206; 1982, c. 493; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1244 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1244. Limitations on issuance of warrants

No county governing body shall order any warrant issued for any purpose other than the payment of a claim received, audited and approved as required by § 15.2-1243. No clerk, deputy clerk, chairman or acting chairman of any county governing body shall sign or countersign any warrant not ordered issued by the governing body pursuant to § 15.2-1243. No county governing body shall expend in any year for any purpose an amount greater than the amount available for such purpose during the year or order issued against any fund at any time any warrant in excess of the amount available in such fund and in the treasurer's possession at the time such warrant is issued, taking into account all previously issued and outstanding warrants payable from such fund. No interest shall be paid on any county warrant. Any clerk, deputy clerk or member of any county governing body who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition shall be guilty of malfeasance in office.Code 1950, § 15-256; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-549; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1246 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1246. Appeal from disallowance of claim

When a claim of any person against a county is disallowed in whole or in part by the governing body, if such person is present, he may appeal from the decision of the governing body within 30 days from the date of the decision. If the claimant is not present, the clerk of the governing body shall serve a written notice of the disallowance on him or his agent, and he may appeal from the decision within 30 days after service of such notice. In no case shall the appeal be taken after the lapse of six months from the date of the decision. The appeal shall be filed with the circuit court for the county. No appeal shall be allowed unless the amount disallowed exceeds $10. The disallowance may be appealed by serving written notice on the clerk of the governing body and executing a cash or surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit to the county in the amount of $250, with condition for the faithful prosecution of such appeal, and the payment of all costs imposed on the appellant by the court.Code 1950, § 15-259; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-552; 1983, c. 114; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 300; 2010, c. 668.
VA Code § 15.2-1247 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1247. When disallowance of claim final; exception; when no execution to be issued

The determination of the governing body of any county disallowing a claim, in whole or in part, shall be a bar to any action in any court founded on such claim, unless (i) the decision of the governing body disallowing the claim is appealed; (ii) the governing body consents to the institution of an action by the claimant against the county; or (iii) the governing body fails to act upon any claim within 90 days of the date the claim is received by the governing body or its clerk, provided that such time may be extended by mutual agreement of the claimant and the county. No execution shall be issued upon any judgment recovered against a county, board of supervisors, or against any officer of the county, when the judgment should be paid by the county. Any judgment against the county shall be provided for by the governing body in the next county levy and paid by the treasurer as other county charges.Code 1950, § 15-260; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-553; 1997, c. 587; 2010, c. 668.
VA Code § 15.2-1248 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1248. No action against county until claim presented to governing body

No action shall be maintained by any person against a county upon any claim or demand until such person has presented his claim to the governing body of the county, unless the governing body has entered into a binding arbitration agreement or there is a provision in a written contract with the county to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising. When there exists such a provision in a contract or there is a written agreement to arbitrate, the provisions of the Uniform Arbitration Act, Article 2 (§ 8.01-581.01 et seq.) of Chapter 21 of Title 8.01, shall apply.Code 1950, § 15-261; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-554; 1987, c. 483; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-1249 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 12 - General Powers and Procedures of Counties|§ 15.2-1249. Amounts allowed endorsed on claim; copies of record and accounts to be furnished

The clerk shall endorse upon every account on which any sum shall be audited and allowed by the governing body the amount so audited and allowed and the charges for which the same was allowed; every such endorsement, if found to be in order, shall be subscribed by the chairman or acting chairman of the governing body; and the clerk shall deliver to any person who may demand it a certified copy of any record in his office, or of any account therein, on receiving from such person the fees allowed to the clerk of the circuit court for similar services.Code 1950, § 15-262; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-555; 1997, c. 587.