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2016 SESSION
16102571DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 24.2-502 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 24.2-502. Statement of economic interests as requirement of candidacy.
It shall be a requirement of candidacy that a written
statement of economic interests shall be filed by (i) a candidate for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General with the Secretary of
the Commonwealth, (ii)
a candidate for the Senate
or House of Delegates with the clerk of the
appropriate house, (iii) and a candidate for a
constitutional office with the general registrar for
the county or city, Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory
Council and (iv) (ii) a candidate for member of
the governing body or elected school board of any county, city, or town with a
population in excess of 3,500 persons with the general registrar for the county
or city. The statement of economic interests shall be that specified in §
30-111 for candidates for the General Assembly and in § 2.2-3117 for all other
candidates. The foregoing requirement shall not apply to a candidate for
reelection to the same office who has met the requirement of annually
semiannually filing a statement pursuant to § 2.2-3114,
2.2-3115, or 30-110.
The Secretary of the
Commonwealth and the clerks of the Senate and House of Delegates Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory
Council shall transmit to the State Board, immediately
after the filing deadline, a list of the candidates who have filed initial or annual
semiannual statements of economic interests. The general
registrar, the clerk of the local governing body, or the clerk of the school
board, as appropriate, shall transmit to the local electoral board, immediately
after the filing deadline, a list of the candidates who have filed initial or annual
semiannual statements of economic interests.