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2019 SESSION
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.
A. 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.
B. 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.
C. In the City of Richmond, the governing body, by ordinance, may prohibit former officers and employees, for one year after their terms of office have ended or employment has ceased, from representing a client or acting in a representative capacity on behalf of any person or group, for compensation, on matters related to ordinances, contracts, proceedings, applications, cases, or other matters of any nature involving any agency, department, or office of local government in which the former officer or employee served or was employed during the one-year period immediately prior to the termination of employment or service. This prohibition shall be in addition to any other prohibition that may be provided by law.