Virginia Code 33.2-1110: Effect of using certain methods or engaging in certain activities
If upon any such inspection or examination as is provided for in this article it is found that any highway contractors’ association of which any individual, partnership, or corporation holding a contract for the construction, maintenance, or repair of any public highway or bridge or for supplying any labor, materials, or supplies for any such construction, repair, or maintenance is a member has made use of methods or engaged in activities tending to prevent competition in the bidding on such contract or to increase the cost of such contract to the Commonwealth or county or has brought to bear or endeavored to bring to bear political influence to secure for such member such contract, then the Board may, at its option, cancel and annul such contract, paying thereon for the work done or labor, material, and supplies furnished only the reasonable value of the work done or labor, material, and supplies furnished.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 33.2-1110
- Board: means the Commonwealth Transportation Board. See Virginia Code 33.2-100
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 33.2-100
- Maintenance: means (i) ordinary maintenance; (ii) maintenance replacement; (iii) operations that include traffic signal synchronization, incident management, and other intelligent transportation system functions; and (iv) any other categories of maintenance that may be designated by the Commissioner of Highways. See Virginia Code 33.2-100
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Code 1950, § 33-275; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-341; 2014, c. 805.