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2011 SESSION
11103237DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-216.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-216.2. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of Virginia, the Chief Deputy, other deputies, counsels or assistant attorneys general employed by the Office of the Attorney General and designated by the Attorney General to act pursuant to this article.
"Claim" means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money or property that is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient if the Commonwealth provides any portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded, or if the Commonwealth will reimburse such contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded.
"Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Virginia, any agency of state government, and any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
"Documentary material" means the original or any copy of any book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other document, or data compilations stored in or accessible through computer or other information retrieval systems, together with instructions and all other materials necessary to use or interpret such data compilations, and any product of discovery.
"Investigation" means any inquiry conducted by an investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any violation of this article.
"Person" includes any natural person, corporation, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business or trust; however, for purposes of §§ 8.01-216.10 through 8.01-216.18, the term "person" shall not include a public institution of higher education in Virginia when the claim relates to a matter of academic inquiry or research.
"Product of discovery" means (i) the original or duplicate of any deposition, interrogatory, document, thing, result of the inspection of land or other property, examination, or admission, which is obtained by any method of discovery in any judicial or administrative proceeding of an adversarial nature; (ii) any digest, analysis, selection, compilation, or derivation of any item listed in clause (i); and (iii) any index or other manner of access to any item listed in clause (i).