Bill Text: VA HB689 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled


Bill Title: General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; lobbyist reports.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB689 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-HB689-Prefiled.html
14102193D
HOUSE BILL NO. 689
Offered January 8, 2014
Prefiled January 7, 2014
A BILL to amend and reenact §§2.2-426, 30-110, and 30-111 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; lobbyist reports; semiannual disclosure requirements.
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Patron-- Torian
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§2.2-426, 30-110, and 30-111 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§2.2-426. Lobbyist reporting; penalty.

A. Each lobbyist shall file a separate annual semiannual report of expenditures, including gifts, for each principal for whom he lobbies by July 1 for the preceding 12-month six-month period complete through April 30 May 31 and by January 1 for the preceding six-month period complete through November 30.

B. Each principal who expends more than $500 to employ or compensate multiple lobbyists shall be responsible for filing a consolidated lobbyist report pursuant to this section in any case in which the lobbyists are each exempt under the provisions of subdivision 7 or 8 of §2.2-420 from the reporting requirements of this section.

C. The report shall be on a form provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, which shall be substantially as follows and shall be accompanied by instructions provided by the Secretary.


LOBBYIST'S DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
PART I:
(1) PRINCIPAL: .....................................................
In Part I, item 2a, provide the name of the individual
authorizing your employment as a lobbyist. The lobbyist filing
this statement MAY NOT list his name in item 2a. THE INDIVIDUAL
LISTED IN PART I, ITEM 2A, MUST SIGN THE PRINCIPAL'S STATEMENT.
(2a) Name: ..........................................................
(2b) Permanent Business Address: ....................................
(2c) Business Telephone: ............................................
(3) Provide a list of executive and legislative actions (with as
much specificity as possible) for which you lobbied and a
description of activities conducted.
................................................................
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(4) INCORPORATED FILINGS: If you are filing an incorporated
disclosure statement, please complete the following:
Individual filing financial information: .......................
Individuals to be included in the filing: ......................
................................................................
(5) Please indicate which schedules will be attached to your
disclosure statement:
[ ] Schedule A: Entertainment Expenses
[ ] Schedule B: Gifts
[ ] Schedule C: Other Expenses
(6) EXPENDITURE TOTALS:
a) ENTERTAINMENT ..................................... $ ......
b) GIFTS ............................................. $ ......
c) OFFICE EXPENSES ................................... $ ......
d) COMMUNICATIONS .................................... $ ......
e) PERSONAL LIVING AND TRAVEL EXPENSES ............... $ ......
f) COMPENSATION OF LOBBYISTS ......................... $ ......
g) HONORARIA ......................................... $ ......
h) REGISTRATION COSTS ................................ $ ......
i) OTHER ............................................. $ ......
TOTAL ................................................ $ ......
PART II:
(1a) NAME OF LOBBYIST: ..............................................
(1b) Permanent Business Address: ....................................
(1c) Business Telephone: ............................................
(2) As a lobbyist, you are (check one)
[ ] EMPLOYED (on the payroll of the principal)
[ ] RETAINED (not on the payroll of the principal, however
compensated)
[ ] NOT COMPENSATED (not compensated; expenses may be reimbursed)
(3) List all lobbyists other than yourself who registered to
represent your principal.
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(4) If you selected "EMPLOYED" as your answer to Part II, item 2,
provide your job title.
................................................................
PLEASE NOTE: Some lobbyists are not individually compensated for
lobbying activities. This may occur when several members of a firm
represent a single principal. The principal, in turn, makes a single
payment to the firm. If this describes your situation, do not answer
Part II, items 5a and 5b. Instead, complete Part III, items 1 and 2.
(5a) What was the DOLLAR AMOUNT OF YOUR COMPENSATION as a lobbyist?
(If you have job responsibilities other than those involving
lobbying, you may have to prorate to determine the part of your
salary attributable to your lobbying activities.) Transfer your
answer to this item to Part I, item 6f.
(5b) Explain how you arrived at your answer to Part II, item 5a.
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PART III:
PLEASE NOTE: If you answered Part II, items 5a and 5b, you WILL NOT
complete this section.
(1) List all members of your firm, organization, association,
corporation, or other entity who furnished lobbying services to
your principal.
.................................................................
.................................................................
.................................................................
(2) Indicate the total amount paid to your firm, organization,
association, corporation or other entity for services rendered.
Transfer your answer to this item to Part I, item 6f.............
SCHEDULE A
ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES
PLEASE NOTE: Any single entertainment event included in the expense
totals of the principal, with a value greater than $50, should be
itemized below. Transfer any totals from this schedule to Part I,
item 6a. (Please duplicate as needed.)
Date and Location of Event:
.....................................................................
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Description of Event:
.....................................................................
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Total Number of Persons Attending:
.....................................................................
Names of Legislative and Executive Officials Attending: (List names
only if the average value for each person attending the event was
greater than $50.)
.....................................................................
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Food ...................................................... $ ......
Beverages ................................................. $ ......
Transportation of Legislative and Executive Officials ..... $ ......
Lodging of Legislative and Executive Officials ............ $ ......
Performers, Speakers, Etc. ................................ $ ......
Displays .................................................. $ ......
Rentals ................................................... $ ......
Service Personnel ......................................... $ ......
Miscellaneous ............................................. $ ......
TOTAL ..................................................... $ ......
SCHEDULE B
GIFTS
PLEASE NOTE: Any single gift reported in the expense totals of the
principal, with a value greater than $50, should be itemized below.
(Report meals, entertainment and travel under Schedule A.) Transfer
any totals from this schedule to Part I, item 6b. (Please duplicate
as needed.)
Name of each
legislative or
executive official Cost of
Date Description who is a recipient individual
of gift: of gift: of a gift: gift:
........... .................. ...................... $ ..........
........... .................. ...................... $ ..........
........... .................. ...................... $ ..........
........... .................. ...................... $ ..........
TOTAL COST TO PRINCIPAL ............................... $ ..........
SCHEDULE C
OTHER EXPENSES
PLEASE NOTE: This section is provided for any lobbying-related
expenses not covered in Part I, items 6a - 6h. An example of an
expenditure to be listed on schedule C would be the rental of a
bill box during the General Assembly session. Transfer the total
from this schedule to Part I, item 6i. (Please duplicate as needed.)
DATE OF EXPENSE DESCRIPTION OF EXPENSE AMOUNT
.................. ................................ $ ..........
.................. ................................ $ ..........
.................. ................................ $ ..........
.................. ................................ $ ..........
.................. ................................ $ ..........
.................. ................................ $ ..........
.................. ................................ $ ..........
.................. ................................ $ ..........
.................. ................................ $ ..........
TOTAL "OTHER" EXPENSES ............................. $ ..........
PART IV: STATEMENTS
Both the lobbyist and principal officer must sign the disclosure
statement, attesting to its completeness and accuracy. The following
items are mandatory and if they are not properly completed, the
entire filing will be rejected and returned to the lobbyist:
(1) All signatures on the statement must be ORIGINAL in the format
specified in the instructions provided by the Secretary that
accompany this form. No stamps, or other reproductions of the
individual's signature will be accepted.
(2) An individual MAY NOT sign the disclosure statement as lobbyist
and principal officer.
STATEMENT OF LOBBYIST
I, the undersigned registered lobbyist, do state that the information
furnished on this disclosure statement and on all accompanying
attachments required to be made thereto is, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, complete and accurate.
........................
Signature of lobbyist

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Date
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPAL
I, the undersigned principal (or an authorized official thereof), do
state that the information furnished on this disclosure statement
and on all accompanying attachments required to be made thereto is,
to the best of my knowledge and belief, complete and accurate.
.......................
Signature of principal

.......................
Date

D. A person who signs the disclosure statement knowing it to contain a material misstatement of fact shall be is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

E. Each lobbyist shall send to each legislative and executive official who is required to be identified by name on Schedule A or B of the Lobbyist's Disclosure Form a copy of Schedule A or B or a summary of the information pertaining to that official. Copies or summaries shall be provided to the official by December 15 10 for the preceding 12-month six-month period complete through November 30 and by June 10 for the preceding six-month period complete through May 31.

§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 semiannually by January 1 for the preceding six-month period complete through November 30 and by July 1 for the preceding six-month period complete through May 31. 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 than December 1 for the January 1 filing and not later than June 1 for the July 1 filing. 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 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.

§30-111. Disclosure form.

A. The disclosure form to be used for filings required by subsections A and B of §30-110 shall be substantially as follows:


STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS.
Name ....................................................................
Office or position held or sought .......................................
Home address ............................................................
Names of members of immediate family ....................................

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY MATERIAL.

"Business" means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, trust or foundation, or any other individual or entity carrying on a business or profession, whether or not for profit.

"Close financial association" means an association in which the filer shares significant financial involvement with an individual and the filer would reasonably be expected to be aware of the individual's business activities and would have access to the necessary records either directly or through the individual. "Close financial association" does not mean an association based on (i) the receipt of retirement benefits or deferred compensation from a business by which the legislator is no longer employed, or (ii) the receipt of compensation for work performed by the legislator as an independent contractor of a business that represents an entity before any state governmental agency when the legislator has had no communications with the state governmental agency.

"Contingent liability" means a liability that is not presently fixed or determined, but may become fixed or determined in the future with the occurrence of some certain event.

"Dependent" means any person, whether or not related by blood or marriage, who receives from the legislator, or provides to the legislator, more than one-half of his financial support.

"Gift" means any gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other item having monetary value. It includes services as well as gifts of transportation, local travel, lodgings and meals, whether provided in-kind, by purchase of a ticket, payment in advance or reimbursement after the expense has been incurred. "Gift" shall not include any offer of a ticket or other admission or pass unless the ticket, admission, or pass is used. "Gift" shall not include honorary degrees and presents from relatives. "Relative" means the donee's spouse, child, uncle, aunt, niece, or nephew; a person to whom the donee is engaged to be married; the donee's or his spouse's parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, or sister; or the donee's brother's or sister's spouse.

"Immediate family" means (i) a spouse and (ii) any other person residing in the same household as the legislator, who is a dependent of the legislator or of whom the legislator is a dependent.

"Lobbyist relationship" means (i) an engagement, agreement, or representation that relates to legal services, consulting services, or public relations services, whether gratuitous or for compensation, between a member or member-elect and any person who is, or has been within the prior calendar year, registered as a lobbyist with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or (ii) a greater than three percent ownership interest by a member or member-elect in a business that employs, or engages as an independent contractor, any person who is, or has been within the prior calendar year, registered as a lobbyist with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The disclosure of a lobbyist relationship shall not (i) constitute a waiver of any attorney-client or other privilege, (ii) require a waiver of any attorney-client or other privilege for a third party, or (iii) be required where a member or member-elect is employed or engaged by a person and such person also employs or engages a person in a lobbyist relationship so long as the member or member-elect has no financial interest in the lobbyist relationship.

TRUST. If you or your immediate family, separately or together, are the only beneficiaries of a trust, treat the trust's assets as if you own them directly. If you or your immediate family has a proportional interest in a trust, treat that proportion of the trust's assets as if you own them directly. For example, if you and your immediate family have a one-third interest in a trust, complete your Statement as if you own one-third of each of the trust's assets. If you or a member of your immediate family created a trust and can revoke it without the beneficiaries' consent, treat its assets as if you own them directly.

REPORT TO THE BEST OF INFORMATION AND BELIEF. Information required on this Statement must be provided on the basis of the best knowledge, information and belief of the individual filing the Statement as of the date of this report unless otherwise stated.

COMPLETE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 11. REFER TO SCHEDULES ONLY IF DIRECTED.

You may attach additional explanatory information.

1. Offices and Directorships.

Are you or a member of your immediate family a paid officer or paid director of a business?

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule A.

2. Personal Liabilities.

Do you or a member of your immediate family owe more than $10,000 to any one creditor including contingent liabilities? (Exclude debts to any government and loans secured by recorded liens on property at least equal in value to the loan.)

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule B.

3. Securities.

Do you or a member of your immediate family, directly or indirectly, separately or together, own securities valued in excess of $10,000 invested in one business? Account for mutual funds, limited partnerships and trusts.

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule C.

4. Payments for Talks, Meetings, and Publications.

During the past 12 six months did you receive lodging, transportation, money, or anything else of value with a combined value exceeding $200 for a single talk, meeting, or published work in your capacity as a legislator? Do not include payments and reimbursements from the Commonwealth for meetings attended in your capacity as a legislator; see Question 11 and Schedule D2 to report such meetings.

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule D.

5. Gifts.

During the past 12 six months did a business, government, or individual other than a relative or personal friend (i) furnish you with any gift or entertainment at a single event, and the value received by you exceeded $50 in value or (ii) furnish you with gifts or entertainment in any combination and the total value received by you exceeded $100 in total value; and for which you neither paid nor rendered services in exchange? Account for entertainment events only if the average value per person attending the event exceeded $50 in value. Account for all business entertainment (except if related to your private profession or occupation) even if unrelated to your official duties.

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule E.

6. Salary and Wages.

List each employer that pays you or a member of your immediate family salary or wages in excess of $10,000 annually. (Exclude any salary received as a member of the General Assembly pursuant to §30-19.11.)

If no reportable salary or wages, check here /  / .

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

7. Business Interests and Lobbyist Relationships.

7A. Do you or a member of your immediate family, separately or together, operate your own business, or own or control an interest in excess of $10,000 in a business?

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule F-1.

7B. Do you have a lobbyist relationship as that term is defined above?

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule F-2.

8. Payments for Representation and Other Services.

8A. Did you represent any businesses before any state governmental agencies, excluding courts or judges, for which you received total compensation during the past 12 six months in excess of $1,000, excluding compensation for other services to such businesses and representation consisting solely of the filing of mandatory papers and subsequent representation regarding the mandatory papers?

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule G-1.

8B. Subject to the same exceptions as in 8A, did persons with whom you have a close financial association (partners, associates or others) represent any businesses before any state governmental agency for which total compensation was received during the past 12 six months in excess of $1,000?

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule G-2.

8C. Did you or persons with whom you have a close financial association furnish services to businesses operating in Virginia, pursuant to an agreement between you and such businesses, or between persons with whom you have a close financial association and such businesses for which total compensation in excess of $1,000 was received during the past 12 six months? Services reported under this provision shall not include services involving the representation of businesses that are reported under question 8A or 8B above.

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule G-3.

9. Real Estate.

Do you or a member of your immediate family hold an interest, including a partnership interest, valued at $10,000 or more in real property (other than your principal residence) for which you have not already listed the full address on Schedule F? Account for real estate held in trust.

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule H.

10. Real Estate Contracts with State Governmental Agencies.

Do you or a member of your immediate family hold an interest valued at more than $10,000 in real estate, including a corporate, partnership, or trust interest, option, easement, or land contract, which real estate is the subject of a contract, whether pending or completed within the past 12 six months, with a state governmental agency?

If the real estate contract provides for the leasing of the property to a state governmental agency, do you or a member of your immediate family hold an interest in the real estate, including a corporate, partnership, or trust interest, option, easement, or land contract valued at more than $1,000? Account for all such contracts whether or not your interest is reported in Schedule F or H. This requirement to disclose an interest in a lease does not apply to an interest derived through an ownership interest in a business unless the ownership interest exceeds three percent of the total equity of the business.

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule I.

11. Payments by the Commonwealth for Meetings.

During the past 12 six months did you receive lodging, transportation, money, or anything else of value with a combined value exceeding $200 from the Commonwealth for a single meeting attended out-of-state in your capacity as a legislator? Do not include reimbursements from the Commonwealth for meetings attended in the Commonwealth.

EITHER check NO /  / OR check YES /  / and complete Schedule D-2.

Statements of Economic Interests are open for public inspection.

AFFIRMATION.

In accordance with the rules of the house in which I serve, if I receive a request that this disclosure statement be corrected, augmented, or revised in any respect, I hereby pledge that I shall respond promptly to the request. I understand that if a determination is made that the statement is insufficient, I will satisfy such request or be subjected to disciplinary action of my house.

I swear or affirm that the foregoing information is full, true and correct to the best of my knowledge.


Signature ________________________________
Commonwealth of Virginia
________ of ________ to wit:
The foregoing disclosure form was acknowledged before me
This ________ day of ____________, 20____, by ______________
Notary Public
My commission expires ________________________
(Return only if needed to complete Statement.)

SCHEDULES
to
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS.

NAME ________________________________

SCHEDULE A - OFFICES AND DIRECTORSHIPS.

Identify each business of which you or a member of your immediate family is a paid officer or paid director.

_________________________________________________________________________

Name of Business Address of Business Position Held
_____________________ _______________________ _______________________
_____________________ _______________________ _______________________
_____________________ _______________________ _______________________
_____________________ _______________________ _______________________
_________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 2

SCHEDULE B - PERSONAL LIABILITIES.

Report personal liability by checking each category. Report only debts in excess of $10,000. Do not report debts to any government. Do not report loans secured by recorded liens on property at least equal in value to the loan.

Report contingent liabilities below and indicate which debts are contingent.

1. My personal debts are as follows:

__________________________________________________________________________

Check Check one
appropriate $10,001 to More than
categories $50,000 $50,000
Banks __________ _________
Savings institutions __________ _________
Other loan or finance companies __________ _________
Insurance companies __________ _________
Stock, commodity or other brokerage
companies __________ _________
Other businesses:
(State principal business activity for each
creditor.) __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
Individual creditors:
(State principal business or occupation of
each creditor.) __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
__________________________________________________________________________

2. The personal debts of the members of my immediate family are as follows:

__________________________________________________________________________

Check Check one
appropriate $10,001 to More than
categories $50,000 $50,000
Banks __________ _________
Savings institutions __________ _________
Other loan or finance companies __________ _________
Insurance companies __________ _________
Stock, commodity or other brokerage
companies __________ _________
Other businesses:
(State principal business activity for each
creditor.) __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
Individual creditors:
(State principal business or occupation of
each creditor.) __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
__________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 3

SCHEDULE C - SECURITIES.


"Securities" INCLUDES stocks, bonds, "Securities" EXCLUDES
mutual funds, limited partnerships, certificates of deposit,
and commodity futures contracts. money market funds, annuity
contracts, and insurance policies.

Identify each business or Virginia governmental entity in which you or a member of your immediate family, directly or indirectly, separately or together, own securities valued in excess of $10,000. Name each entity and type of security individually.

Do not list U.S. Bonds or other government securities not issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia or its authorities, agencies, or local governments. Do not list organizations that do not do business in this Commonwealth, but most major businesses conduct business in Virginia. Account for securities held in trust.

If no reportable securities, check here /  / .

__________________________________________________________________________

Check one
Type of Security $10,001 $50,001 More
Type of (stocks, bonds, to to than
Name of Issuer Entity mutual funds, etc.) $50,000 $250,000 $250,000
______________ _______ ___________________ ________ ________ ________
______________ _______ ___________________ ________ ________ ________
______________ _______ ___________________ ________ ________ ________
______________ _______ ___________________ ________ ________ ________
__________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 4

SCHEDULE D-1 - PAYMENTS FOR TALKS, MEETINGS, AND PUBLICATIONS.

List each source from which you received during the past 12 six months lodging, transportation, money, or any other thing of value (excluding meals or drinks coincident with a meeting) with a combined value exceeding $200 for your presentation of a single talk, participation in one meeting, or publication of a work in your capacity as a legislator. Do not list payments or reimbursements by the Commonwealth. (See Schedule D-2 for such payments or reimbursements.) List a payment even if you donated it to charity. Do not list information about a payment if you returned it within 60 days or if you received it from an employer already listed under Item 6 or from a source of income listed on Schedule F.

If no payment must be listed, check here /  / .

__________________________________________________________________________

Type of Payment
(e.g., Honoraria,
Travel reimburse-
Payer Approximate Value Circumstances ment, etc.)
__________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
__________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
__________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
__________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
__________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 5

SCHEDULE D-2 - PAYMENTS BY THE COMMONWEALTH FOR MEETINGS.

List each meeting for which the Commonwealth provided payments or reimbursements during the past 12 six months to you for lodging, transportation, money, or any other thing of value (excluding meals or drinks coincident with a meeting) with a combined value exceeding $200 for your participation in your capacity as a legislator. Do not list payments or reimbursements by the Commonwealth for meetings or travel within the Commonwealth.

If no payment must be listed, check here /  / .

__________________________________________________________________________

Type of Payment
(e.g., Travel
reimbursement,
Payer Approximate Value Circumstances etc.)
__________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
__________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
__________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
__________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
__________________________________________________________________________

SCHEDULE E - GIFTS.

List each business, governmental entity, or individual that, during the past 12 six months, (i) furnished you with any gift or entertainment at a single event and the value received by you exceeded $50 in value, or (ii) furnished you with gifts or entertainment in any combination and the total value received by you exceeded $100 in total value; and for which you neither paid nor rendered services in exchange. List each such gift or event.

Do not list entertainment events unless the average value per person attending the event exceeded $50 in value. Do not list business entertainment related to your private profession or occupation. Do not list gifts or other things of value given by a relative or personal friend for reasons clearly unrelated to your public position. Do not list campaign contributions publicly reported as required by Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.) of Title 24.2 of the Code of Virginia.

_________________________________________________________________________

Name of Business, City or
Organization, or County
Individual and State Gift or Event Approximate Value
________________________ _________ ________________ __________________
________________________ _________ ________________ __________________
________________________ _________ ________________ __________________
________________________ _________ ________________ __________________
_________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 6

SCHEDULE F-1 - BUSINESS INTERESTS.

Complete this Schedule for each self-owned or family-owned business (including rental property, a farm, or consulting work), partnership, or corporation in which you or a member of your immediate family, separately or together, own an interest having a value in excess of $10,000.

If the enterprise is owned or operated under a trade, partnership, or corporate name, list that name; otherwise, merely explain the nature of the enterprise. If rental property is owned or operated under a trade, partnership, or corporate name, list the name only; otherwise, give the address of each property. Account for business interests held in trust.

_________________________________________________________________________

Name of
Business
Corporation,
Partnership, Nature of Gross income
Farm; Enterprise
Address of City or (farming, $50,001 More
Rental County law, rental $50,000 to than
Property and State property, etc.) or less $250,000 $250,000
______________ _________ _________________ _______ ________ ________
______________ _________ _________________ _______ ________ ________
______________ _________ _________________ _______ ________ ________
______________ _________ _________________ _______ ________ ________
_________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 8

SCHEDULE F-2 - LOBBYIST RELATIONSHIPS AND PAYMENTS.

Complete this Schedule for each lobbyist relationship with the following:

(i) any person who is, or has been within the prior calendar year, registered as a lobbyist with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or

(ii) any business in which you have a greater than three percent ownership interest and that business employs, or engages as an independent contractor, any person who is, or has been within the prior calendar year, registered as a lobbyist with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

___________________________________________________________________________

Payments to
Lobbyist
List each person Describe each Dates of $10,000 More than
or business relationship relationship or less $10,0001
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
___________________________________________________________________________

THE DISCLOSURE OF A LOBBYIST RELATIONSHIP SHALL NOT (I) CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF ANY ATTORNEY-CLIENT OR OTHER PRIVILEGE, (II) REQUIRE A WAIVER OF ANY ATTORNEY-CLIENT OR OTHER PRIVILEGE FOR A THIRD PARTY, OR (III) BE REQUIRED WHERE A MEMBER OR MEMBER-ELECT IS EMPLOYED OR ENGAGED BY A PERSON AND SUCH PERSON ALSO EMPLOYS OR ENGAGES A PERSON IN A LOBBYIST RELATIONSHIP SO LONG AS THE MEMBER OR MEMBER-ELECT HAS NO FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE LOBBYIST RELATIONSHIP.

SCHEDULE G-1 - PAYMENTS FOR REPRESENTATION BY YOU.

List the businesses you represented before any state governmental agency, excluding any court or judge, for which you received total compensation during the past 12 six months in excess of $1,000, excluding compensation for other services to such businesses and representation consisting solely of the filing of mandatory papers and subsequent representation regarding the mandatory papers filed by you.

Identify each business, the nature of the representation and the amount received by dollar category from each such business. You may state the type, rather than name, of the business if you are required by law not to reveal the name of the business represented by you.

______________________________________________________________________

Pur-
pose Amount Received
Name Type of
of of Repre- Name $1,001 $10,001 $50,001 $100,001
Busi- Busi- senta- of to to to to $250,001
ness ness tion Agency $10,000 $50,000 $100,000 $250,000 and over
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If you have received $250,001 or more from a single business within the reporting period, indicate the amount received, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Amount Received: ______________.

SCHEDULE G-2 - PAYMENTS FOR REPRESENTATION BY ASSOCIATES.

List the businesses that have been represented before any state governmental agency, excluding any court or judge, by persons who are your partners, associates or others with whom you have a close financial association and who received total compensation in excess of $1,000 for such representation during the past 12 six months, excluding representation consisting solely of the filing of mandatory papers and subsequent representation regarding the mandatory papers filed by your partners, associates or others with whom you have a close financial association.

Identify such businesses by type and also name the state governmental agencies before which such person appeared on behalf of such businesses.

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Type of Business Name of State Governmental Agency
_____________________________ ______________________________________
_____________________________ ______________________________________
_____________________________ ______________________________________
_____________________________ ______________________________________
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SCHEDULE G-3 - PAYMENTS FOR OTHER SERVICES GENERALLY.

Indicate below types of businesses that operate in Virginia to which services were furnished by you or persons with whom you have a close financial association pursuant to an agreement between you and such businesses, or between persons with whom you have a close financial association and such businesses and for which total compensation in excess of $1,000 was received during the past 12 six months. Services reported in this Schedule shall not include services involving the representation of businesses that are reported in Schedule G-1 or G-2 above.

Identify opposite each category of businesses listed below (i) the type of business, (ii) the type of service rendered and (iii) the value by dollar category of the compensation received for all businesses falling within each category.

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Check
if Type
ser- of Value of Compensation
vices ser-
were vice $1,001 $10,001 $50,001 $100,001
ren- ren- to to to to $250,001
dered dered $10,000 $50,000 $100,000 $250,000 and over
Electric utilities _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Gas utilities _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Telephone utilities _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Water utilities _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Cable television
companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Interstate
transportation
companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Intrastate
transportation
companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Oil or gas retail
companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Banks _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Savings
institutions _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Loan or finance
companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Manufacturing
companies (state
type of product,
e.g., textile,
furniture, etc.) _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Mining companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Life insurance
companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Casualty insurance
companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Other insurance
companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Retail companies _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Beer, wine or
liquor companies
or distributors _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Trade associations _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Professional
associations _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Associations of
public employees
or officials _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Counties, cities
or towns _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Labor organizations _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
Other _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
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RETURN TO ITEM 9

SCHEDULE H - REAL ESTATE.

List real estate other than your principal residence in which you or a member of your immediate family holds an interest, including a partnership interest, option, easement, or land contract, valued at $10,000 or more. Each parcel must be listed individually.

________________________________________________________________________

Describe the type of real
estate you own in each
List the location location (business, If the real estate is
(state, and county recreational, apartment, owned or recorded in
or city where you commercial, open land, a name other than your
own real estate etc.) own, list that name
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___________________ _________________________ ______________________
___________________ _________________________ ______________________
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RETURN TO ITEM 10

SCHEDULE I - REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS WITH STATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.

List all contracts, whether pending or completed within the past 12 six months, with a state governmental agency for the sale or exchange of real estate in which you or a member of your immediate family holds an interest, including a corporate, partnership or trust interest, option, easement, or land contract, valued at $10,000 or more. List all contracts with a state governmental agency for the lease of real estate in which you or a member of your immediate family holds such an interest valued at $1,000 or more. This requirement to disclose an interest in a lease does not apply to an interest derived through an ownership interest in a business unless the ownership interest exceeds three percent of the total equity of the business.

_______________________________________________________________________

List your real
estate interest and
the person or entity,
including the type of
entity, which is
party to the contract. State the annual
Describe any income from the
management role and List each contract, and the
the percentage governmental agency amount, if any, of
ownership interest which is a party to income you or any
you or your immediate the contract and immediate family
family member has in indicate the county member derives
the real estate or city where the annually from
or entity. real estate is located. the contract.
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
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B. Any legislator who makes a knowing misstatement of a material fact on the Statement of Economic Interests shall be subject to disciplinary action for such violations by the house in which the legislator sits.

C. In accordance with the rules of each house, the Statement of Economic Interests of all members of each house shall be reviewed. If a legislator's Statement is found to be inadequate as filed, the legislator shall be notified in writing and directed to file an amended Statement correcting the indicated deficiencies, and a time shall be set within which such amendment shall be filed. If the Statement of Economic Interests, in either its original or amended form, is found to be adequate as filed, the legislator's filing shall be deemed in full compliance with this section as to the information disclosed thereon.

D. Ten percent of the membership of a house, on the basis of newly discovered facts, may in writing request the house in which those members sit, in accordance with the rules of that house, to review the Statement of Economic Interests of another member of that house in order to determine the adequacy of his filing. In accordance with the rules of each house, each Statement of Economic Interests shall be promptly reviewed, the adequacy of the filing determined, and notice given in writing to the legislator whose Statement is in issue. Should it be determined that the Statement requires correction, augmentation or revision, the legislator involved shall be directed to make the changes required within such time as shall be set under the rules of each house.

If a legislator, after having been notified in writing in accordance with the rules of the house in which he sits that his Statement is inadequate as filed, fails to amend his Statement so as to come into compliance within the time limit set, he shall be subject to disciplinary action by the house in which he sits. No legislator shall vote on any question relating to his own Statement.

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