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2019 SESSION

19103904D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2271
Offered January 9, 2019
Prefiled January 8, 2019
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-614.5, relating to state agencies; work by employees of private entities on behalf of or upon the premises of public employers.
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Patron-- Poindexter
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-614.5 as follows:

§ 2.2-614.5. Work by employees of private entities on behalf of or upon the premises of public employers.

A. As used in this section:

"Private entity" means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited liability company, limited partnership, joint venture, business trust, public benefit corporation, nonprofit entity, or other business entity.

"Professional services" means work performed by an independent contractor within the scope of the practice of accounting, actuarial services, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture, law, dentistry, medicine, optometry, pharmacy or professional engineering.

B. No public employer shall permit any person employed by a private entity to perform professional services for such private entity upon the premises of such public employer or otherwise share office space with the employees of such public employer.

C. No public employer shall accept funds from a private entity for the purposes of employing a former or current employee of the private entity to perform professional services for the public employer.