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2009 SESSION

095011680
HOUSE BILL NO. 2652
Offered January 23, 2009
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 30-101, 30-103, and 30-111 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 31 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-3104.3, by adding in Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 an article numbered 7.1, consisting of sections numbered 24.2-952.8 through 24.2-952.12, and by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-953.6, relating to the conduct of certain public officials including the acceptance of gifts and limitations on the giving and acceptance of campaign contributions.
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Patrons-- Joannou, Phillips, Alexander, Barlow, Bowling, Dance, Englin, Johnson, Marsden, Melvin, Morgan, Nichols, Plum, Pollard, Scott, J.M., Valentine, Ward, Ware, O. and Watts
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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §§ 30-101, 30-103, and 30-111 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 31 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-3104.3, by adding in Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 an article numbered 7.1, consisting of sections numbered 24.2-952.8 through 24.2-952.12, and by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-953.6 as follows:

§ 2.2-3104.3. Prohibited conduct relating to gifts.

A. For the purposes of this section, "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. For the purpose of this definition, "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. "Gift" shall not include an award given by an employer in the private sector for work done for that employer

B. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General shall not accept a gift from any person.

C. The provisions of the statement of economic interests as set out in § 2.2-3117 with respect to gifts in Item 5 and Schedule E shall not be applicable to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. 

§ 30-101. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Advisory agency" means any board, commission, committee or post which does not exercise any sovereign power or duty, but is appointed by a governmental agency or officer or is created by law for the purpose of making studies or recommendations, or advising or consulting with a governmental agency.

"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.

"Contract" means any agreement to which a governmental agency is a party, or any agreement on behalf of a governmental agency which involves the payment of money appropriated by the General Assembly or a political subdivision, whether or not such agreement is executed in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or some political subdivision thereof. "Contract" includes a subcontract only when the contract of which it is a part is with the legislator's own governmental agency.

"Financial institution" means any bank, trust company, savings institution, industrial loan association, consumer finance company, credit union, broker-dealer as defined in subsection A of § 13.1-501, or investment company or advisor registered under the federal Investment Advisors Act or Investment Company Act of 1940.

"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. For the purpose of this definition, "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. "Gift" shall not include an award given by an employer in the private sector for work done for that employer.

"Governmental agency" means each component part of the legislative, executive or judicial branches of state and local government, including each office, department, authority, post, commission, committee, and each institution or board created by law to exercise some regulatory or sovereign power or duty as distinguished from purely advisory powers or duties.

"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. "Dependent" means a son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister or other person, whether or not related by blood or marriage, if such person receives from the legislator, or provides to the legislator, more than one-half of his financial support.

"Legislator" means a member of the General Assembly.

"Personal interest" means a financial benefit or liability accruing to a legislator or to a member of his immediate family. Such interest shall exist by reason of (i) ownership in a business if the ownership interest exceeds three percent of the total equity of the business; (ii) annual income that exceeds, or may reasonably be anticipated to exceed, $10,000 from ownership in real or personal property or a business; (iii) salary, other compensation, fringe benefits, or benefits from the use of property, or any combination thereof, paid or provided by a business that exceeds, or may reasonably be anticipated to exceed, $10,000 annually; (iv) ownership of real or personal property if the interest exceeds $10,000 in value and excluding ownership in a business, income, or salary, other compensation, fringe benefits or benefits from the use of property; or (v) personal liability incurred or assumed on behalf of a business if the liability exceeds three percent of the asset value of the business.

"Personal interest in a contract" means a personal interest which a legislator has in a contract with a governmental agency, whether due to his being a party to the contract or due to a personal interest in a business which is a party to the contract.

"Personal interest in a transaction" means a personal interest of a legislator in any matter considered by the General Assembly. Such personal interest exists when an officer or employee or a member of his immediate family has a personal interest in property or a business, or represents any individual or business and such property, business or represented individual or business (i) is the subject of the transaction or (ii) may realize a reasonably foreseeable direct or indirect benefit or detriment as a result of the action of the agency considering the transaction. A "personal interest in a transaction" exists only if the legislator or member of his immediate family or an individual or business represented by the legislator is affected in a way that is substantially different from the general public or from persons comprising a profession, occupation, trade, business or other comparable and generally recognizable class or group of which he or the individual or business he represents is a member.

"Transaction" means any matter considered by the General Assembly, whether in a committee, subcommittee, or other entity of the General Assembly or before the General Assembly itself, on which official action is taken or contemplated.

§ 30-103. Prohibited conduct.

No legislator shall:

1. Solicit or accept money or other thing of value for services performed within the scope of his official duties, except the compensation, expenses or other remuneration paid to him by the General Assembly. This prohibition shall not apply to the acceptance of special benefits which may be authorized by law;

2. Offer or accept any money or other thing of value for or in consideration of obtaining employment, appointment, or promotion of any person with any governmental or advisory agency;

3. Offer or accept any money or other thing of value for or in consideration of the use of his public position to obtain a contract for any person or business with any governmental or advisory agency;

4. Use for his own economic benefit or that of another party confidential information which he has acquired by reason of his public position and which is not available to the public;

5. Accept any money, loan, gift, favor, service, or business or professional opportunity that reasonably tends to influence him in the performance of his official duties. This subdivision shall not apply to any political contribution actually used for political campaign or constituent service purposes and reported as required by Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.) of Title 24.2;

6. Accept any business or professional opportunity when he knows that there is a reasonable likelihood that the opportunity is being afforded him to influence him in the performance of his official duties;

7. During the one year after the termination of his service as a legislator, represent a client or act in a representative capacity on behalf of any person or group, for compensation, on any matter before the General Assembly or any agency of the legislative branch of government. The prohibitions of this subdivision shall apply only to persons engaged in activities that would require registration as a lobbyist under § 2.2-422. Any person subject to the provisions of this subdivision may apply to the Attorney General, as provided in § 30-122, for an advisory opinion as to the application of the restriction imposed by this subdivision on any post-public employment position or opportunity;

8. Accept any honoraria for any appearance, speech, or article in which the legislator provides expertise or opinions related to the performance of his official duties. The term "honoraria" shall not include any payment for or reimbursement to such person for his actual travel, lodging, or subsistence expenses incurred in connection with such appearance, speech, or article or in the alternative a payment of money or anything of value not in excess of the per diem deduction allowable under § 162 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time;

9. Accept appointment to serve on a body or board of any corporation, company or other legal entity, vested with the management of the corporation, company or entity, and on which two other members of the General Assembly already serve, which is operated for profit and regulated by the State Corporation Commission as (i) a financial institution, (ii) a mortgage lender or broker, (iii) any business under Chapter 5 (§ 13.1-501 et seq.) of Title 13.1, (iv) any business under Title 38.2, or (v) any business under Title 56; or

10. Accept a gift from a any person who has interests that may be substantially affected by the performance of the legislator's official duties under circumstances where the timing and nature of the gift would cause a reasonable person to question the legislator's impartiality in the matter affecting the donor. Violations of this subdivision shall not be subject to criminal law penalties; or

11. Accept gifts from sources on a basis so frequent as to raise an appearance of the use of his public office for private gain. Violations of this subdivision shall not be subject to criminal law penalties.

§ 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.
 "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.
 "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.
 "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.
 "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.
 
"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 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. [Repealed.]
 During the past 12 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 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 state or local government or
 advisory agencies.)
 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 Name of Business        Address of Business       Position Held
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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:


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        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:


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        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 /   / . 

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

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

List each source from which you received during the past 12 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 / / .


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                                                            Type of Payment
                                                            (e.g.Honoraria
                                                            Travel reimburse-
 Payer         Approximate Value        Circumstances       ment, etc.)
 ----------    ---------------------    --------------      ---------------
 ----------    ---------------------    --------------      ---------------
 ----------    ---------------------    --------------      ---------------
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RETURN TO ITEM 5 6

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

List each meeting for which the Commonwealth provided payments or reimbursements during the past 12 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 / / .


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                                                            Type of Payment
                                                            (e.g. Travel
                                                            reimbursement
 Payer         Approximate Value        Circumstances       etc.)
 ----------    ---------------------    --------------      ---------------
 ----------    ---------------------    --------------      ---------------
 ----------    ---------------------    --------------      ---------------
 ----------    ---------------------    --------------      ---------------
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SCHEDULE E - GIFTS.

List each business, governmental entity, or individual that, during the past 12 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 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.


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 Name of Business,
 Organization, or        City or        Gift or
                         County
 Individual              and State      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.


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 Name of                                  Gross  income
 Business                Nature of
 Corporation             Enterprise
 Partnership,            (farming,
 Farm;                   law,
 Address of     City or  rental         $50,000  $50,001    More
 Rental         County   property,      or less  to         than
 Property      and State etc.)                   $250,000   $250,000
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 -----         -----     ---------
 ------------  --------- -----------    -------  ---------  ---------
 -----         -----     ---------
 ------------  --------- -----------    -------  ---------  ---------
 -----         -----     ---------
 ------------  --------- -----------    -------  ---------  ---------
 -----         -----     ---------
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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.


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 List each person     Describe          Dates of
 or business          each              relationship
                      relationship
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                      ------            -----
 -----------------    ------------      -------------  -------
 ---------------
                      ------            -----          -------  ---
                                                       ----
 -----------------    ------------      -------------  -------
 ---------------
                      ------            -----          -------  ---
                                                       ----
 -----------------    ------------      -------------  -------
 ---------------
                      ------            -----          -------  ---
                                                       ----
 -----------------    ------------      -------------  -------
 ---------------
                      ------            -----          -------  ---
                                                       ----
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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 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.


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                                                       Amount Received
 Name  Type  Pur-   Name
 of    of    pose   of
 Busi- Busi- of     Agen-
 ness  ness  Repre- cy
             senta-
             tion           $1,001    $10,001   $50,001    $100,001   $250,001
                              to        to         to         to        and
                            $10,000   $50,000   $100,000   $250,000     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 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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 --------------------    --------------------------------------
 --------------------    --------------------------------------
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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 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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                                                       Value of Compensation
                    Check    Type
                     if       of
                    ser-     ser-
                    vices    vice
                    were     ren-
                    ren-    dered
                    dered           $1,001  $10,001  $50,001 $100,001 $250,001
                                      to       to      to       to       and
                                    $10,000 $50,000 $100,000 $250,000   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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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. You may list each parcel of real estate individually if you wish.


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

SCHEDULE I - REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS WITH STATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.


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 List your real             List each                   State the annual
 estate interest and        governmental agency         income from the
 the person or entity,      which is a party to         contract, and the
 including the type of      the contract and            amount, if any, of
 entity, which is           indicate the county         income you or any
 party to the contract.     or city where the           immediate family
 Describe any               real estate is              member derives
 management
 role and the               located.                    annually from
 percentage
 ownership interest                                     the contract.
 you or your immediate
 family member has in
 the real estate
 or entity.
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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.

Article 7.1.

§ 24.2-952.8. Limits on contributions to candidates for statewide office and the General Assembly.

A. No person or committee shall make contributions to a candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General that, in the aggregate, exceed $2,500 for any one candidate in any one election.

B. No person or committee shall make contributions to a candidate for the General Assembly that, in the aggregate, exceed $1,000 for any one candidate in any one election.

C. No candidate shall solicit or accept contributions in excess of the limits set forth in this section.

D. The limits on contributions set forth in this section shall not apply to the following:

1. Contributions by the candidate to his own campaign;

2. Contributions by the candidate's spouse, children, parents, or siblings to the candidate; or

3. Contributions by a political party committee to the candidate.

E. For purposes of this article, the term "candidate" means the candidate, the candidate's treasurer, and the candidate's campaign committee. Any contribution to the candidate's treasurer or campaign committee shall be deemed to be a contribution to the candidate; and the term "committee" shall include any "political committee" as defined in § 24.2-945.1.

F. For the purposes of applying the limits set forth in this section, each primary, general, or special election, and each method of political party nomination other than a primary, shall constitute a separate election without regard to whether the candidate is opposed or unopposed in the election or nomination process. For any independent candidate, the period ending on the regular primary date for the office he is seeking shall be deemed to be one election and the period following the primary date shall be deemed to be a second election.

G. A contributor may designate all or a portion of a contribution made by him during the 60 days following the primary date as a contribution for the primary or other nomination process. Contributions made after the primary date shall be deemed contributions for the special or general election unless otherwise designated as provided in this subsection.

H. A candidate who is defeated in the primary or nomination process and has a campaign deficit may continue to accept contributions to retire the deficit subject to the limits applicable to the primary or nomination process.

I. The candidate shall report separately (i) contributions received prior to the primary date or designated for the primary or other nominating method pursuant to subsection G and (ii) contributions received after the primary date and not so designated. Candidates may otherwise maintain records of receipts and expenditures for the campaign both before and after the primary date on a continuing basis.

J. Any contribution or portion thereof returned within 60 days after receipt shall not be deemed to be a contribution for the purposes of applying the limits set forth in this section.

§ 24.2-952.9. Prohibition on indirect contributions.

For purposes of applying the contribution limits set forth in § 24.2-952.8, all direct or indirect contributions made by a person to benefit a candidate, including any contributions that are knowingly earmarked or otherwise directed through any other person, political committee, political party committee, or political action committee shall be treated as contributions from such person to such candidate.

§ 24.2-952.10. Aggregation of contributions.

For purposes of applying the contribution limits set forth in § 24.2-952.8:

1. All contributions made by a person or political action committee whose contribution or expenditure activity is financed, maintained, or controlled by the same corporation, labor organization, association, or any other person, including a parent, subsidiary, branch, division, department, or local unit of such corporation, labor organization, association, or any other person, or by any group of such persons shall be considered to be made by the same person or political action committee; and

2. For entities not described in subdivision 1, two or more entities will be treated as a single entity sharing the same contribution limit if the entities (i) share the majority of members on their boards of directors and share two or more officers; (ii) are owned or controlled by the same majority shareholder or shareholders; (iii) are in a parent-subsidiary relationship; or (iv) have bylaws stating that one organization has the power to control the other.

§ 24.2-952.11. Attribution and aggregation of family contributions. 

For purposes of applying the contribution limits set forth in § 24.2-952.8: 

1. Contributions by a husband and wife are considered separate contributions and not aggregated; and

2. Contributions by unemancipated children under 18 years of age are considered contributions by their parents and attributed proportionately to each parent. Fifty percent of the contributions are attributed to each parent, or, in the case of a single custodial parent, the total amount is attributed to the parent. 

§ 24.2-952.12. Restrictions on loans. 

A loan is considered a contribution from the maker and the guarantor of the loan and is subject to the contribution limits set forth in § 24.2-952.8. A loan to a candidate or the candidate's campaign committee must be by written agreement. The proceeds of a loan made to a candidate will not be subject to the contribution limits stated in § 24.2-952.8 if the loan (i) is made by the candidate to his own campaign committee or (ii) is made by a commercial lending institution in the regular course of business and on the same terms ordinarily available to members of the public and is secured or guaranteed only by the candidate.

§ 24.2-953.6. Violation of contribution limits. 

A candidate whose campaign committee knowingly accepts contributions in excess of the limits imposed in Article 7.1 (§ 24.2-952.8 et seq.) of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty up to two times the amount by which the contribution exceeds the limit. A contributor who knowingly makes a contribution in excess of the limits imposed in this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty up to two times the amount by which the contribution exceeds the limit.

The attorney for the Commonwealth shall initiate civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalties provided in this chapter. Any civil penalties collected shall be payable to the State Treasurer for deposit to the general fund.