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2013 SESSION

13100958D
SENATE BILL NO. 902
Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled January 4, 2013
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4338 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Public Procurement Act; alternative forms of security.
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Patron-- Reeves
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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 2.2-4338 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.2-4338. Alternative forms of security.

A. In lieu of a bid, payment, or performance bond, a bidder may furnish a certified check, cashier's check, or cash escrow in the face amount required for the bond.

B. If approved by the Attorney General in the case of state agencies, or the attorney for the political subdivision in the case of political subdivisions, a bidder may furnish a personal bond, property bond, or bank or savings institution's letter of credit on certain designated funds in the face amount required for the bid, payment, or performance bond. Approval shall be granted only upon a determination that the alternative form of security proffered affords protection to the public body equivalent to a corporate surety's bond.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Department of Transportation.