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HOUSE BILL NO. 2642 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Privileges and Elections on February 6, 2009) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Orrock) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 24.2-404.3 and 24.2-1004.1, relating to duties of the State Board of Elections with respect to registration procedures; payments for petition signatures and registrations; penalties.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 24.2-404.3 and 24.2-1004.1 as follows:

§ 24.2-404.3. Duty of State Board; verification of registered voter lists.

On or before October 1 of each year, the State Board shall conduct a match of the Virginia registered voter lists with the list of deceased persons maintained by the Social Security Administration. 

§ 24.2-1004.1. Payment or receipt of compensation for circulating petitions or registering voters; penalty.

Any person who, upon a fee-per-signature basis or upon a basis related to the number of signatures obtained, pays or offers to pay compensation to another person, or receives or agrees to receive compensation from another person for (i) circulating any petition required by this title that is filed with or transmitted to the State Board or other appropriate public office, or (ii) assisting any individual in completing or submitting a voter registration application or absentee voter application is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.