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2018 SESSION
18105773DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 59.1-9.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 59.1-9.4. Certain activities not prohibited.
(a) A. No provision of this chapter
shall be construed to make illegal:
(1) 1. The activities of any labor
or professional organization or of individual members thereof that are directed
solely to labor or professional objectives legitimate under the laws of this the
Commonwealth or the United States.
(2) 2. The activities of any
agricultural or horticultural cooperative organization, or of individual
members thereof, to the extent necessary to achieve the aims of the enacted
laws of either this the Commonwealth or the United
States.
(3) 3. The bona fide religious and
charitable activities of any nonprofit corporation, trust or organization
established exclusively for religious or charitable purposes.
(4) The activities of any
nonprofit hospital, or of any officer, director or employee thereof, that are
directed to a reduction in services or an improvement in the quality of
services to the extent that any such reduction or improvement will reduce,
stabilize or limit cost increases.
(b) B. Nothing contained in this
chapter shall make unlawful conduct that is authorized, regulated or approved (1) (i)
by a statute of this the Commonwealth, or (2) (ii) by an administrative or
constitutionally established agency of this the Commonwealth or of the
United States having jurisdiction of the subject matter and having authority to
consider the anticompetitive effect, if any, of such conduct. Nothing in this paragraph
subsection shall be construed to alter or terminate any
other applicable limitation, exemption or exclusion.