CHAPTER 215

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2-222 and 2-267, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating to appeals from the Director of the Depart-
ment of Purchases and Supply; to amend the Code of Virginia by
adding a section numbered 2-211.1, creating the Board of Purchases
and Supply; and to repeal § 2-161.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the Board of Accounts and Purchases. rH 179]

Approved March 9, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 2-222 and 2-267, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be
amended and reenacted, and that the Code of Virginia be amended by
adding a section numbered 2-211.1, as follows:

§ 2-211.1. There is hereby created a Board of Purchases and Supply
which shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor to serve at
his pleasure. The Board shall hear appeals from actions of the Director
as provided in Articles 2 and 8 of this chapter.

§ 2-222. Any bidder feeling himself aggrieved by an award made
by the Director may appeal to the Board of * Purchases and Supply,
which shall hear and determine the matters in the appeal; but notice of
such appeal must be given the Director, in writing, within ten days from
the date of the award appealed from.

§ 2-267. Any department, division, institution, officer, agency or
other person aggrieved by any action taken by the Director of the Depart-
ment of Purchases and Supply, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,
relating to centralized purchasing may appeal to the Board of * Purchases
and Supply. In the event of such appeal notice shall be given and the
matter heard and determined as provided in § 2-222.

2. That § 2-161.1 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.