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2001 SESSION

011454756
HOUSE BILL NO. 2476
Offered January 10, 2001
Prefiled January 10, 2001
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-2303.2, relating to disclosure of proffered cash payments and expenditures.
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Patrons-- Hall, Amundson, Baskerville, Bryant, Day, Diamonstein, Hamilton, Hull, Ingram, Larrabee, McQuigg, Spruill, Stump, Suit, Weatherholtz and Williams; Senators: Lambert, Lucas, Marsh, Martin, Newman, Puckett, Puller, Reynolds and Ruff
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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-2303.2 as follows:

§ 15.2-2303.2. Disclosure of proffered cash payments and expenditures.

A. The governing body of any locality accepting a cash payment voluntarily proffered pursuant to §§ 15.2-2298, 15.2-2303 or 15.2-2303.1 shall by September 30, 2001, report to the Commission on Local Government the following information for the preceding ten fiscal years:

1. The aggregate amount of proffered cash payments collected by the locality prior to the start of the preceding fiscal year, and the sources of all such payments;

2. The aggregate amount of proffered cash payments pledged to but not collected by the locality prior to the start of the preceding fiscal year, and the sources of all such pledges; and

3. The aggregate amount of proffered cash payments expended by the locality prior to the start of the preceding fiscal year, and all public improvements on which such money was expended.

B. The governing body of any locality that did not accept any proffered cash payments pursuant to §§ 15.2-2298, 15.2-2303 or 15.2-2303.1 during the preceding ten fiscal years shall by September 30, 2001, so notify the Commission on Local Government.

C. The governing body of any locality accepting a cash payment voluntarily proffered pursuant to §§ 15.2-2298, 15.2-2303 or 15.2-2303.1 shall within three months of the close of each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2000 and for each fiscal year thereafter, report to the Commission on Local Government the following information for the preceding fiscal year:

1. The aggregate amount of proffered cash payments collected by the locality during the preceding fiscal year, and the source of all such payments;

2. The aggregate amount of proffered cash payments pledged to but not collected by the locality during the preceding fiscal year, and the source of all such pledges; and

3. The aggregate amount of proffered cash payments expended by the locality during the preceding fiscal year, and all public improvements on which such money was expended.

D. The governing body of any locality that did not accept any proffered cash payments pursuant to §§ 15.2-2298, 15.2-2303 or 15.2-2303.1 during the preceding fiscal year shall within three months of the close of each fiscal year, beginning in 2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter, so notify the Commission on Local Government.

E. The Commission on Local Government shall, by November 30, 2001, prepare and make available to the public and the chairmen of the Senate Local Government Committee and the House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee a report containing the information made available to it pursuant to subsections A and B.

F. The Commission on Local Government shall by November 30, 2001, and by November 30 of each fiscal year thereafter, prepare and make available to the public and the chairmen of the Senate Local Government Committee and the House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee an annual report containing the information made available to it pursuant to subsections C and D.