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2015 SESSION

15103258D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2223
Offered January 16, 2015
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-3713.1, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; willful violations a misdemeanor; penalty.
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Patron-- Morris
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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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 2.2-3713.1 as follows:

§ 2.2-3713.1. Additional penalty for willful and knowing violations.

In addition to the provisions of §§ 2.2-3713 and 2.2-3714, any officer, employee, or member of a public body convicted of a willful and knowing violation of § 2.2-3704, 2.2-3705.1 through 2.2-3705.8, 2.2-3706, 2.2-3707, 2.2-3708, 2.2-3708.1, 2.2-3710, 2.2-3711, or 2.2-3712 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.