Bill Text: VA HB328 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; Clerks of House & Senate establish searchable database.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Rules [HB328 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB328-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 328 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 11, 2010 A BILL to amend and reenact §30-110 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; disclosure database. ---------- Patrons-- Plum and Abbott ---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §30-110 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§30-110. Disclosure.

A. Every legislator and legislator-elect shall file, as a condition to assuming office, a disclosure statement of his personal interests and such other information as is specified on the form set forth in §30-111 and thereafter shall file such a statement annually on or before January 8. When the filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the disclosure statement shall be filed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Disclosure forms shall be provided by the clerk of the appropriate house to each legislator and legislator-elect not later than November 30 of each year. Members of the Senate shall file their disclosure forms with the Clerk of the Senate and members of the House of Delegates shall file their disclosure forms with the Clerk of the House of Delegates. The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates shall each establish and maintain a searchable electronic personal interest disclosure database, available to the public through the Internet, and shall enter or cause to be entered into such database the information from the disclosure forms filed by every legislator, legislator-elect, and candidate for the General Assembly who filed a disclosure statement pursuant to §24.2-502 of the appropriate house. The disclosure forms of the members of the General Assembly shall be maintained as public records for five years in the office of the clerk of the appropriate house.

B. Candidates for the General Assembly shall file a disclosure statement of their personal interests as required by §§24.2-500 through 24.2-503.

C. Any legislator who has a personal interest in any transaction pending before the General Assembly and who is disqualified from participating in that transaction pursuant to §30-108 and the rules of his house shall disclose his interest in accordance with the applicable rule of his house.