Virginia Public Procurement Act; failure to pay unemployment taxes.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; failure topay unemployment taxes. Prohibits state agencies from contractingfor goods and services from a nongovernmental source if that source,or any affiliate of the source, is required to remit unemployment taxes but fails or refuses to do so. The measure requires the Virginia Employment Commission to make a determination of whether a sourceis a prohibited source for failure or refusal to remit unemploymenttaxes and permits any aggrieved source to apply to the Commissionerof the Virginia Employment Commission for correction of the determination.The measure also provides that any source that fails to remit unemploymenttaxes for more than 10 covered employees shall be a prohibited sourcefor a period of two years.