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CHAPTER 257 An Act to amend and reenact § 15.2-1408 of the Code of Virginia, relating to activities of certain former local officials. [S 957] Approved March 20, 2005  

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 15.2-1408 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 15.2-1408. Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees by certain counties and cities.

The provisions of this section apply to any county having a population between 48,000 and 50,000; or between 60,000 and 62,000, or to any city having a population of more than 425,000. In any such county or city In the Counties of Bedford, Fauquier, James City, Pittsylvania and Stafford, and the Cities of Charlottesville and Virginia Beach, the governing body, by ordinance, 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, in connection with any proceeding, application, case, contract, or other particular matter involving the county or city or an agency thereof, if that matter is one in which the former officer or employee participated personally and substantially as a county or city officer or employee through decision, approval, or recommendation.

The term "officer or employee," as used in this section, includes members of local governing bodies, county or city 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.