33.1-340 - Effect of refusal to permit or withholding from examination of papers, etc.
§ 33.1-340. Effect of refusal to permit or withholding from examination ofpapers, etc.
If any highway contractors' association, whether domiciled in Virginia ornot, on application of any person authorized by this chapter to examine andinspect its records, shall refuse to permit such examination and inspectionof its papers, accounts and records or fail to produce at its principaloffice for examination and inspection any of its papers, accounts or recordswhen requested so to do, or shall knowingly withhold from examination andinspection any of its papers, accounts and records, for the purpose ofsecreting any of its acts or activities, or the amount or sources of, or theuse made of its revenue, the person requesting or making such examination andinspection shall report the fact to the Governor, who shall certify the factto the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner.
No contract for highway or highway bridge construction, repair or maintenanceor for the supplying of any labor, materials or supplies for suchconstruction, repair or maintenance shall be thereafter let to any member ofsuch association until the Governor shall have certified to the Board that afull examination and inspection of the papers, accounts and records of suchassociation has been made with the free consent and cooperation of suchassociation and that such examination and inspection discloses nothing in thepurposes, methods, or activities of such association detrimental to thepublic interest or tending to prevent competition in or increase the cost ofhighway and highway bridge construction, repair or maintenance in thisCommonwealth and that none of its revenue has been used for politicalpurposes.
(Code 1950, § 33-274; 1970, c. 322.)