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2016 SESSION
16104228DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2.2-426, 2.2-3106, 2.2-3109.1, 2.2-3114, 2.2-3115, 2.2-3116, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 2.2-3117, 30-110, and 30-111 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 2.2-3114.2 and 30-110.1 as follows:
§ 2.2-426. Lobbyist reporting; penalty.
A. Each lobbyist shall file with the Council a separate semiannual
annual report of expenditures, including gifts, for each
principal for whom he lobbies by December 15 for the
preceding six-month period complete through the last day of October and June 15 July 1 for the preceding six-month
12-month period complete through the last day of April.
B. Each principal who expends more than $500 to employ or compensate multiple lobbyists shall be responsible for filing a consolidated lobbyist report pursuant to this section in any case in which the lobbyists are each exempt under the provisions of subdivision 7 or 8 of § 2.2-420 from the reporting requirements of this section.
C. (Effective January 1, 2016, through July 1, 2016) The report shall be on a form provided by the Council, which shall be substantially similar to the following and shall be accompanied by instructions provided by the Council.
C. (Effective July 1, 2016) The report shall be on a form provided by the Council, which shall be substantially similar to the following and shall be accompanied by instructions provided by the Council. All reports shall be submitted electronically and in accordance with the standards approved by the Council pursuant to the provisions of § 30-356.
LOBBYIST'S DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
PART I:
(1) PRINCIPAL: _____________________________________________________
In Part I, item 2a, provide the name of the individual
authorizing your employment as a lobbyist. The lobbyist filing
this statement MAY NOT list his name in item 2a.
(2a) Name: __________________________________________________________
(2b) Permanent Business Address: ____________________________________
(2c) Business Telephone: ____________________________________________
(3) Provide a list of executive and legislative actions (with as
much specificity as possible) for which you lobbied and a
description of activities conducted.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(4) INCORPORATED FILINGS: If you are filing an incorporated
disclosure statement, please complete the following:
Individual filing financial information: _______________________
Individuals to be included in the filing: ______________________
________________________________________________________________
(5) Please indicate which schedules will be attached to your
disclosure statement:
[ ] Schedule A: Entertainment Expenses
[ ] Schedule B: Gifts
[ ] Schedule C: Other Expenses
(6) EXPENDITURE TOTALS:
a) ENTERTAINMENT ..................................... $ ______
b) GIFTS ............................................. $ ______
c) COMMUNICATIONS .................................... $ ______
d) PERSONAL LIVING AND TRAVEL EXPENSES ............... $ ______
e) COMPENSATION OF LOBBYISTS ......................... $ ______
f) HONORARIA ......................................... $ ______
g) OTHER ............................................. $ ______
TOTAL ................................................ $ ______
PART II:
(1a) NAME OF LOBBYIST: ______________________________________________
(1b) Permanent Business Address: ____________________________________
(1c) Business Telephone: ____________________________________________
(2) As a lobbyist, you are (check one)
[ ] EMPLOYED (on the payroll of the principal)
[ ] RETAINED (not on the payroll of the principal, however
compensated)
[ ] NOT COMPENSATED (not compensated; expenses may be reimbursed)
(3) List all lobbyists other than yourself who registered to
represent your principal.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(4) If you selected "EMPLOYED" as your answer to Part II, item 2,
provide your job title.
________________________________________________________________
PLEASE NOTE: Some lobbyists are not individually compensated for
lobbying activities. This may occur when several members of a firm
represent a single principal. The principal, in turn, makes a single
payment to the firm. If this describes your situation, do not answer
Part II, items 5a and 5b. Instead, complete Part III, items 1 and 2.
(5a) What was the DOLLAR AMOUNT OF YOUR COMPENSATION as a lobbyist?
(If you have job responsibilities other than those involving
lobbying, you may have to prorate to determine the part of your
salary attributable to your lobbying activities.) Transfer your
answer to this item to Part I, item 6e.
(5b) Explain how you arrived at your answer to Part II, item 5a.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
PART III:
PLEASE NOTE: If you answered Part II, items 5a and 5b, you WILL NOT
complete this section.
(1) List all members of your firm, organization, association,
corporation, or other entity who furnished lobbying services to
your principal.
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
(2) Indicate the total amount paid to your firm, organization,
association, corporation, or other entity for services rendered.
Transfer your answer to this item to Part I, item 6e. ___________
SCHEDULE A
ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES
PLEASE NOTE: Any single entertainment event included in the expense
totals of the principal, with a value greater than $50, should be
itemized below. Transfer any totals from this schedule to Part I,
item 6a. (Please duplicate as needed.)
Date and Location of Event:
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Description of Event (including whether or not it meets the criteria
of a widely attended event):
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Total Number of Persons Attending:
_____________________________________________________________________
Names of Legislative and Executive Officials or Members of Their
Immediate Families Attending: (List names only if the average value
for each person attending the event was greater than $50.)
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Food ...................................................... $ ______
Beverages ................................................. $ ______
Transportation of Legislative and Executive Officials
or Members of Their Immediate Families .................... $ ______
Lodging of Legislative and Executive Officials or
Members of Their Immediate Families ....................... $ ______
Performers, Speakers, Etc. ................................ $ ______
Displays .................................................. $ ______
Rentals ................................................... $ ______
Service Personnel ......................................... $ ______
Miscellaneous ............................................. $ ______
TOTAL ..................................................... $ ______
SCHEDULE B
GIFTS
PLEASE NOTE: Any single gift reported in the expense totals of the
principal, with a value greater than $50, should be itemized below.
(Report meals, entertainment and travel under Schedule A.) Transfer
any totals from this schedule to Part I, item 6b. (Please duplicate
as needed.)
Name of each
legislative or
executive official
or member of his
immediate family Cost of
Date Description who is a recipient individual
of gift: of gift: of a gift: gift:
___________ __________________ ______________________ $ __________
___________ __________________ ______________________ $ __________
___________ __________________ ______________________ $ __________
___________ __________________ ______________________ $ __________
TOTAL COST TO PRINCIPAL ............................... $ __________
SCHEDULE C
OTHER EXPENSES
PLEASE NOTE: This section is provided for any lobbying-related
expenses not covered in Part I, items 6a - 6f. An example of an
expenditure to be listed on schedule C would be the rental of a
bill box during the General Assembly session. Transfer the total
from this schedule to Part I, item 6g. (Please duplicate as needed.)
DATE OF EXPENSE DESCRIPTION OF EXPENSE AMOUNT
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
__________________ ________________________________ $ __________
TOTAL "OTHER" EXPENSES _____________________________ $ __________
PART IV: STATEMENTS
The following items are mandatory and if they are not properly
completed, the entire filing will be rejected and returned to
the lobbyist:
(1) All signatures on the statement must be ORIGINAL in the format
specified in the instructions provided by the Council that
accompany this form. No stamps, or other reproductions of the
individual's signature will be accepted.
(2) An individual MAY NOT sign the disclosure statement as lobbyist
and principal officer.
STATEMENT OF LOBBYIST
I, the undersigned registered lobbyist, do state that the information
furnished on this disclosure statement and on all accompanying
attachments required to be made thereto is, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, complete and accurate.
________________________
Signature of lobbyist
________________________
Date
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPAL
I, the undersigned principal (or an authorized official thereof), do
state that the information furnished on this disclosure statement
and on all accompanying attachments required to be made thereto is,
to the best of my knowledge and belief, complete and accurate.
________________________
Signature of principal
________________________
Date
D. A person who knowingly and intentionally makes a false statement of a material fact on the disclosure statement is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
E. Each lobbyist shall send to each legislative and executive
official who is required to be identified by name on Schedule A or B of the
Lobbyist's Disclosure Form a copy of Schedule A or B or a summary of the
information pertaining to that official. Copies or summaries shall be provided
to the official by November 21 December 15 for the preceding six-month
12-month period complete through the
last day of October and by May 21 for the preceding six-month period complete
through the last day of April
November 30.
§ 2.2-3106. Prohibited contracts by officers and employees of state government and Eastern Virginia Medical School.
A. No officer or employee of any governmental agency of state government or Eastern Virginia Medical School shall have a personal interest in a contract with the governmental agency of which he is an officer or employee, other than his own contract of employment.
B. No officer or employee of any governmental agency of state government or Eastern Virginia Medical School shall have a personal interest in a contract with any other governmental agency of state government unless such contract is (i) awarded as a result of competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation as set forth in § 2.2-4302.1 or 2.2-4302.2 or (ii) is awarded after a finding, in writing, by the administrative head of the governmental agency that competitive bidding or negotiation is contrary to the best interest of the public.
C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
1. An employee's personal interest in additional contracts of employment with his own governmental agency that accrue to him because of a member of his immediate family, provided the employee does not exercise any control over the employment or the employment activities of the member of his immediate family and the employee is not in a position to influence those activities;
2. The personal interest of an officer or employee of a state institution of higher education or the Eastern Virginia Medical School in additional contracts of employment with his own governmental agency that accrue to him because of a member of his immediate family, provided (i) the officer or employee and the immediate family member are engaged in teaching, research or administrative support positions at the educational institution or the Eastern Virginia Medical School, (ii) the governing board of the educational institution finds that it is in the best interests of the institution or the Eastern Virginia Medical School and the Commonwealth for such dual employment to exist, and (iii) after such finding, the governing board of the educational institution or the Eastern Virginia Medical School ensures that the officer or employee, or the immediate family member, does not have sole authority to supervise, evaluate or make personnel decisions regarding the other;
3. An officer's or employee's personal interest in a contract of employment with any other governmental agency of state government;
4. Contracts for the sale by a governmental agency or the Eastern Virginia Medical School of services or goods at uniform prices available to the general public;
5. An employee's personal interest in a contract between a public institution of higher education in Virginia or the Eastern Virginia Medical School and a publisher or wholesaler of textbooks or other educational materials for students, which accrues to him solely because he has authored or otherwise created such textbooks or materials;
6. An employee's personal interest in a contract with his or her employing public institution of higher education to acquire the collections or scholarly works owned by the employee, including manuscripts, musical scores, poetry, paintings, books or other materials, writings, or papers of an academic, research, or cultural value to the institution, provided the president of the institution approves the acquisition of such collections or scholarly works as being in the best interests of the institution's public mission of service, research, or education;
7. Subject to approval by the board of visitors, an employee's personal interest in a contract between the Eastern Virginia Medical School or a public institution of higher education in Virginia that operates a school of medicine or dentistry and a not-for-profit nonstock corporation that operates a clinical practice within such public institution of higher education or the Eastern Virginia Medical School and of which such employee is a member or employee;
8. Subject to approval by the relevant board of visitors, an
employee's personal interest in a contract for research and development or commercialization
of intellectual property between a public institution of higher education in
Virginia or the Eastern Virginia Medical School and a business in which the
employee has a personal interest, if (i) the employee's personal interest has
been disclosed to and approved by such public institution of higher education
or the Eastern Virginia Medical School prior to the time at which the contract
is entered into; (ii) the employee promptly files a disclosure statement
pursuant to § 2.2-3117 and thereafter files such statement annually on or
before December
January 15; (iii) the institution has established a formal
policy regarding such contracts, approved by the State Council of Higher
Education or, in the case of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, a formal
policy regarding such contracts in conformity with any applicable federal
regulations that has been approved by its board of visitors; and (iv) no later
than December 31 of each year, the institution or the Eastern Virginia Medical
School files an annual report with the Secretary of the Commonwealth disclosing
each open contract entered into subject to this provision, the names of the
parties to each contract, the date each contract was executed and its term, the
subject of each contractual arrangement, the nature of the conflict of
interest, the institution's or the Eastern Virginia Medical School's employee
responsible for administering each contract, the details of the institution's
or the Eastern Virginia Medical School's commitment or investment of resources
or finances for each contract, and any other information requested by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth; or
9. Subject to approval by the relevant board of visitors, an
employee's personal interest in a contract between a public institution of higher
education in Virginia or the Eastern Virginia Medical School and a business in
which the employee has a personal interest, if (i) the personal interest has
been disclosed to the institution or the Eastern Virginia Medical School prior
to the time the contract is entered into; (ii) the employee files a disclosure
statement pursuant to § 2.2-3117 and thereafter annually on or before December
January 15; (iii) the employee does not participate in the
institution's or the Eastern Virginia Medical School's decision to contract;
(iv) the president of the institution or the Eastern Virginia Medical School
finds and certifies in writing that the contract is for goods and services
needed for quality patient care, including related medical education or
research, by the institution's medical center or the Eastern Virginia Medical
School, its affiliated teaching hospitals and other organizations necessary for
the fulfillment of its mission, including the acquisition of drugs, therapies
and medical technologies; and (v) no later than December 31 of each year, the
institution or the Eastern Virginia Medical School files an annual report with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth disclosing each open contract entered subject
to this provision, the names of the parties to each contract, the date each
contract was executed and its term, the subject of each contractual
arrangement, the nature of the conflict of interest, the institution's or the
Eastern Virginia Medical School's employee responsible for administering each
contract, the details of the institution's or the Eastern Virginia Medical
School's commitment or investment of resources or finances for each contract,
and any other information requested by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions C 8 and C 9, if the research and development or commercialization of intellectual property or the employee's personal interest in a contract with a business is subject to policies and regulations governing conflicts of interest promulgated by any agency of the United States government, including the adoption of policies requiring the disclosure and management of such conflicts of interests, the policies established by the Eastern Virginia Medical School pursuant to such federal requirements shall constitute compliance with subdivisions C 8 and C 9, upon notification by the Eastern Virginia Medical School to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by January 31 of each year of evidence of their compliance with such federal policies and regulations.
E. The board of visitors may delegate the authority granted under subdivision C 8 to the president of the institution. If the board elects to delegate such authority, the board shall include this delegation of authority in the formal policy required by clause (iii) of subdivision C 8. In those instances where the board has delegated such authority, on or before December 1 of each year, the president of the relevant institution shall file a report with the relevant board of visitors disclosing each open contract entered into subject to this provision, the names of the parties to each contract, the date each contract was executed and its term, the subject of each contractual arrangement, the nature of the conflict of interest, the institution's or the Eastern Virginia Medical School's employee responsible for administering each contract, the details of the institution's or the Eastern Virginia Medical School's commitment or investment of resources or finances for each contract, the details of how revenues are to be dispersed, and any other information requested by the board of visitors.
§ 2.2-3109.1. Prohibited contracts; additional exclusions for contracts by officers and employees of hospital authorities.
A. As used in this section, "hospital authority" means a hospital authority established pursuant to Chapter 53 (§ 15.2-5300 et seq.) of Title 15.2 or an Act of Assembly.
B. The provisions of § 2.2-3109 shall not apply to:
1. The personal interest of an officer or employee of a hospital authority in additional contracts of employment with his own governmental agency that accrue to him because of a member of his immediate family, provided (i) the officer or employee and the immediate family member are licensed members of the medical profession or hold administrative support positions at the hospital authority, (ii) the governing board of the hospital authority finds that it is in the best interests of the hospital authority and the county, city, or town for such dual employment to exist, and (iii) after such finding, the governing board of the hospital authority ensures that neither the officer or employee, nor the immediate family member, has sole authority to supervise, evaluate, or make personnel decisions regarding the other;
2. Subject to approval by the governing board of the hospital authority, an officer or employee's personal interest in a contract between his hospital authority and a professional entity that operates a clinical practice at any medical facilities of such other hospital authority and of which such officer or employee is a member or employee;
3. Subject to approval by the relevant governing body, an
officer or employee's personal interest in a contract for research and
development or commercialization of intellectual property between the hospital
authority and a business in which the employee has a personal interest,
provided (i) the officer or employee's personal interest has been disclosed to
and approved by the hospital authority prior to the time at which the contract
is entered into; (ii) the officer or employee promptly files a disclosure
statement pursuant to § 2.2-3117 and thereafter files such statement annually
on or before December January 15; (iii) the local
hospital authority has established a formal policy regarding such contracts in
conformity with any applicable federal regulations that has been approved by
its governing body; and (iv) no later than December 31 of each year, the local
hospital authority files an annual report with the Virginia Conflict of
Interest and Ethics Advisory Council disclosing each open contract entered into
subject to this provision, the names of the parties to each contract, the date
each contract was executed and its term, the subject of each contractual
arrangement, the nature of the conflict of interest, the hospital authority's
employee responsible for administering each contract, the details of such
hospital authority's commitment or investment of resources or finances for each
contract, and any other information requested by the Virginia Conflict of
Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; or
4. Subject to approval by the relevant governing body, an
officer or employee's personal interest in a contract between the hospital
authority and a business in which the officer or employee has a personal
interest, provided (i) the personal interest has been disclosed to the hospital
authority prior to the time the contract is entered into; (ii) the officer or
employee files a disclosure statement pursuant to § 2.2-3117 and thereafter
annually on or before December January 15; (iii) the officer
or employee does not participate in the hospital authority's decision to
contract; (iv) the president or chief executive officer of the hospital
authority finds and certifies in writing that the contract is for goods and
services needed for quality patient care, including related medical education
or research, by any of the hospital authority's medical facilities or any of
its affiliated organizations, or is otherwise necessary for the fulfillment of
its mission, including but not limited to the acquisition of drugs, therapies,
and medical technologies; and (v) no later than December 31 of each year, the
hospital authority files an annual report with the Virginia Conflict of
Interest and Ethics Advisory Council disclosing each open contract entered into
subject to this provision, the names of the parties to each contract, the date
each contract was executed and its term, the subject of each contractual
arrangement, the nature of the conflict of interest, the hospital authority's
employee responsible for administering each contract, the details of the
hospital authority's commitment or investment of resources or finances for each
contract, and any other information requested by the Virginia Conflict of
Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions B 3 and B 4, if the research and development or commercialization of intellectual property or the officer or employee's personal interest in a contract with a business is subject to policies and regulations governing conflicts of interest promulgated by any agency of the United States government, including the adoption of policies requiring the disclosure and management of such conflicts of interest, the policies established by the hospital authority pursuant to such federal requirements shall constitute compliance with subdivisions B 3 and B 4, upon notification by the hospital authority to the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council by January 31 of each year of evidence of its compliance with such federal policies and regulations.
D. The governing body may delegate the authority granted under subdivision B 2 to the president or chief executive officer of hospital authority. If the board elects to delegate such authority, the board shall include this delegation of authority in the formal policy required by clause (iii) of subdivision B 3. In those instances where the board has delegated such authority, on or before December 1 of each year, the president or chief executive officer of the hospital authority shall file a report with the relevant governing body disclosing each open contract entered into subject to this provision, the names of the parties to each contract, the date each contract was executed and its term, the subject of each contractual arrangement, the nature of the conflict of interest, the hospital authority's employee responsible for administering each contract, the details of the hospital authority's commitment or investment of resources or finances for each contract, the details of how revenues are to be dispersed, and any other information requested by the governing body.
§ 2.2-3114. Disclosure by state officers and employees.
A. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Justices
of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, judges of any circuit
court, judges and substitute judges of any district court, members of the State
Corporation Commission, members of the Virginia Workers' Compensation
Commission, members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, members of the
Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System, members of the Virginia
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and members of the Virginia Lottery Board and
other persons occupying such offices or positions of trust or employment in
state government, including members of the governing bodies of authorities, as
may be designated by the Governor, or officers or employees of the legislative
branch, as may be designated by the Joint Rules Committee of the General
Assembly, shall file with the Council, as a condition to assuming office or
employment, a disclosure statement of their personal interests and such other
information as is specified on the form set forth in § 2.2-3117 and thereafter
shall file such a statement semiannually by
December annually on or before
January 15 for the preceding
six-month period complete through the last day of October and by June 15 for
the preceding six-month period complete through the last day of April.
When the filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the
disclosure statement shall be filed on the next day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday.
B. Nonsalaried citizen members of all policy and supervisory
boards, commissions and councils in the executive branch of state government,
other than the Commonwealth Transportation Board, members of the Board of
Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System, and the Virginia Lottery Board,
shall file with the Council, as a condition to assuming office, a disclosure
form of their personal interests and such other information as is specified on
the form set forth in § 2.2-3118 and thereafter shall file such form annually
on or before December January 15. When the filing
deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the disclosure
statement shall be filed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday. Nonsalaried citizen members of other boards, commissions and
councils, including advisory boards and authorities, may be required to file a
disclosure form if so designated by the Governor, in which case the form shall
be that set forth in § 2.2-3118.
C. (Effective January 1, 2016, until July 1, 2016) The disclosure forms required by subsections A and B shall be made available by the Council at least 30 days prior to the filing deadline. Disclosure forms shall be filed and maintained as public records for five years in the office of the Council. Such forms shall be made public no later than six weeks after filing.
C. (Effective July 1, 2016) The disclosure forms required by subsections A and B shall be made available by the Council at least 30 days prior to the filing deadline. Disclosure forms shall be filed electronically with the Council in accordance with the standards approved by it pursuant to § 30-356. All forms shall be maintained as public records for five years in the office of the Council. Such forms shall be made public no later than six weeks after filing.
D. Candidates for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General shall file a disclosure statement of their personal interests as required by § 24.2-502.
E. Any officer or employee of state government who has a personal interest in any transaction before the governmental or advisory agency of which he is an officer or employee and who is disqualified from participating in that transaction pursuant to subdivision A 1 of § 2.2-3112, or otherwise elects to disqualify himself, shall forthwith make disclosure of the existence of his interest, including the full name and address of the business and the address or parcel number for the real estate if the interest involves a business or real estate, and his disclosure shall also be reflected in the public records of the agency for five years in the office of the administrative head of the officer's or employee's governmental agency or advisory agency or, if the agency has a clerk, in the clerk's office.
F. An officer or employee of state government who is required to declare his interest pursuant to subdivision A 2 of § 2.2-3112, shall declare his interest by stating (i) the transaction involved, (ii) the nature of the officer's or employee's personal interest affected by the transaction, (iii) that he is a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group the members of which are affected by the transaction, and (iv) that he is able to participate in the transaction fairly, objectively, and in the public interest. The officer or employee shall either make his declaration orally to be recorded in written minutes for his agency or file a signed written declaration with the clerk or administrative head of his governmental or advisory agency, as appropriate, who shall, in either case, retain and make available for public inspection such declaration for a period of five years from the date of recording or receipt. If reasonable time is not available to comply with the provisions of this subsection prior to participation in the transaction, the officer or employee shall prepare and file the required declaration by the end of the next business day.
G. An officer or employee of state government who is required to declare his interest pursuant to subdivision A 3 of § 2.2-3112, shall declare his interest by stating (i) the transaction involved, (ii) that a party to the transaction is a client of his firm, (iii) that he does not personally represent or provide services to the client, and (iv) that he is able to participate in the transaction fairly, objectively, and in the public interest. The officer or employee shall either make his declaration orally to be recorded in written minutes for his agency or file a signed written declaration with the clerk or administrative head of his governmental or advisory agency, as appropriate, who shall, in either case, retain and make available for public inspection such declaration for a period of five years from the date of recording or receipt. If reasonable time is not available to comply with the provisions of this subsection prior to participation in the transaction, the officer or employee shall prepare and file the required declaration by the end of the next business day.
H. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, chairs of departments at a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth shall not be required to file the disclosure form prescribed by § 2.2-3117 or 2.2-3118.
§ 2.2-3114.2. Report of gifts by certain officers and employees of state government.
The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and each member of the Governor's Cabinet shall file, on or before May 1, a report of gifts accepted or received by him or a member of his immediate family during the period beginning on the first day of the regular session of the General Assembly complete through adjournment sine die of that session. The gift report shall be on a form prescribed by the Council and shall be filed electronically with the Council in accordance with the standards approved by it pursuant to § 30-356. For purposes of this section, "adjournment sine die" means adjournment on the last legislative day of the regular session and does not include the ensuing reconvened session.
§ 2.2-3115. Disclosure by local government officers and employees.
A. The members of every governing body and school board of
each county and city and of towns with populations in excess of 3,500 shall
file, as a condition to assuming office or employment, a disclosure statement
of their personal interests and other information as is specified on the form
set forth in § 2.2-3117 and thereafter shall file such a statement semiannually by December annually on or before January
15 for the preceding six-month period complete
through the last day of October and by June 15 for the preceding six-month
period complete through the last day of April.
The members of the governing body of any authority established
in any county or city, or part or combination thereof, and having the power to
issue bonds or expend funds in excess of $10,000 in any fiscal year, shall
file, as a condition to assuming office, a disclosure statement of their
personal interests and other information as is specified on the form set forth
in § 2.2-3118 and thereafter shall file such a statement annually on or before December
January 15, unless the governing body of the jurisdiction
that appoints the members requires that the members file the form set forth in
§ 2.2-3117 semiannually by December 15 for the preceding
six-month period complete through the last day of October and by June 15 for
the preceding six-month period complete through the last day of April.
Persons occupying such positions of trust appointed by
governing bodies and persons occupying such positions of employment with
governing bodies as may be designated to file by ordinance of the governing body
shall file, as a condition to assuming office or employment, a disclosure
statement of their personal interests and other information as is specified on
the form set forth in § 2.2-3117 and thereafter shall file such a statement semiannually by December annually on or before January
15 for the preceding six-month period complete
through the last day of October and by June 15 for the preceding six-month
period complete through the last day of April.
Persons occupying such positions of trust appointed by school
boards and persons occupying such positions of employment with school boards as
may be designated to file by an adopted policy of the school board shall file,
as a condition to assuming office or employment, a disclosure statement of
their personal interests and other information as is specified on the form set
forth in § 2.2-3117 and thereafter shall file such a statement semiannually by December annually on or before January
15 for the preceding six-month period complete
through the last day of October and by June 15 for the preceding six-month
period complete through the last day of April.
B. Nonsalaried citizen members of local boards, commissions
and councils as may be designated by the governing body shall file, as a
condition to assuming office, a disclosure form of their personal interests and
such other information as is specified on the form set forth in § 2.2-3118 and
thereafter shall file such form annually on or before
December January
15.
C. No person shall be mandated to file any disclosure not otherwise required by this article.
D. The disclosure forms required by subsections A and B shall be made available by the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council at least 30 days prior to the filing deadline, and the clerks of the governing body and school board shall distribute the forms to designated individuals at least 20 days prior to the filing deadline. Forms shall be filed and maintained as public records for five years in the office of the clerk of the respective governing body or school board. Forms filed by members of governing bodies of authorities shall be filed and maintained as public records for five years in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the county or city. Such forms shall be made public no later than six weeks after filing.
E. Candidates for membership in the governing body or school board of any county, city or town with a population of more than 3,500 persons shall file a disclosure statement of their personal interests as required by § 24.2-502.
F. Any officer or employee of local government who has a personal interest in any transaction before the governmental or advisory agency of which he is an officer or employee and who is disqualified from participating in that transaction pursuant to subdivision A 1 of § 2.2-3112 or otherwise elects to disqualify himself, shall forthwith make disclosure of the existence of his interest, including the full name and address of the business and the address or parcel number for the real estate if the interest involves a business or real estate, and his disclosure shall be reflected in the public records of the agency for five years in the office of the administrative head of the officer's or employee's governmental or advisory agency.
G. In addition to any disclosure required by subsections A and
B, in each county and city and in towns with populations in excess of 3,500,
members of planning commissions, boards of zoning appeals, real estate
assessors, and all county, city and town managers or executive officers shall
make annual disclosures of all their interests in real estate located in the
county, city or town in which they are elected, appointed, or employed. Such
disclosure shall include any business in which such persons own an interest, or
from which income is received, if the primary purpose of the business is to
own, develop or derive compensation through the sale, exchange or development
of real estate in the county, city or town. Such disclosure shall be filed as a
condition to assuming office or employment, and thereafter shall be filed
annually with the clerk of the governing body of such county, city, or town on
or before December
January 15. Such disclosures shall be filed and maintained
as public records for five years. Such forms shall be made public no later than
six weeks after filing. Forms for the filing of such reports shall be made
available by the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council to
the clerk of each governing body.
H. An officer or employee of local government who is required to declare his interest pursuant to subdivision A 2 of § 2.2-3112 shall declare his interest by stating (i) the transaction involved, (ii) the nature of the officer's or employee's personal interest affected by the transaction, (iii) that he is a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group the members of which are affected by the transaction, and (iv) that he is able to participate in the transaction fairly, objectively, and in the public interest. The officer or employee shall either make his declaration orally to be recorded in written minutes for his agency or file a signed written declaration with the clerk or administrative head of his governmental or advisory agency, as appropriate, who shall, in either case, retain and make available for public inspection such declaration for a period of five years from the date of recording or receipt. If reasonable time is not available to comply with the provisions of this subsection prior to participation in the transaction, the officer or employee shall prepare and file the required declaration by the end of the next business day. The officer or employee shall also orally disclose the existence of the interest during each meeting of the governmental or advisory agency at which the transaction is discussed and such disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
I. An officer or employee of local government who is required to declare his interest pursuant to subdivision A 3 of § 2.2-3112, shall declare his interest by stating (i) the transaction involved, (ii) that a party to the transaction is a client of his firm, (iii) that he does not personally represent or provide services to the client, and (iv) that he is able to participate in the transaction fairly, objectively, and in the public interest. The officer or employee shall either make his declaration orally to be recorded in written minutes for his agency or file a signed written declaration with the clerk or administrative head of his governmental or advisory agency, as appropriate, who shall, in either case, retain and make available for public inspection such declaration for a period of five years from the date of recording or receipt. If reasonable time is not available to comply with the provisions of this subsection prior to participation in the transaction, the officer or employee shall prepare and file the required declaration by the end of the next business day.
§ 2.2-3116. (Effective from January 1, 2016, until July 1, 2016) Disclosure by certain constitutional officers.
For the purposes of this chapter, holders of the
constitutional offices of treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth,
clerk of the circuit court, and commissioner of the revenue of each county and city
shall be required to file with the Council, as a condition to assuming office,
the Statement of Economic Interests set forth in § 2.2-3117. These officers
shall file statements semiannually by
December annually on or before
January 15 for the preceding
six-month period complete through the last day of October and by June 15 for
the preceding six-month period complete through the last day of April.
Candidates shall file statements as required by § 24.2-502. These officers
shall be subject to the prohibition on certain gifts set forth in subsection B
of § 2.2-3103.1.
§ 2.2-3116. (Effective July 1, 2016) Disclosure by certain constitutional officers.
For the purposes of this chapter, holders of the
constitutional offices of treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth,
clerk of the circuit court, and commissioner of the revenue of each county and
city shall be required to file with the Council, as a condition to assuming
office, the Statement of Economic Interests set forth in § 2.2-3117. These
officers shall file statements semiannually by
December annually on or before
January 15 for the preceding
six-month period complete through the last day of October and by June 15 for
the preceding six-month period complete through the last day of April.
Candidates shall file statements as required by § 24.2-502. Statements shall be
filed electronically with the Council in accordance with the standards approved
by it pursuant to § 30-356. These officers shall be subject to the prohibition
on certain gifts set forth in subsection B of § 2.2-3103.1.
§ 2.2-3117. Disclosure form.
(Effective from January 1, 2016, until July 1, 2016) The disclosure form to be used for filings required by subsections A and D of § 2.2-3114 and subsections A and E of § 2.2-3115 shall be substantially similar to the following. Any person who knowingly and intentionally makes a false statement of a material fact on the Statement of Economic Interests is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
(Effective July 1, 2016) The disclosure form to be used for filings required by subsections A and D of § 2.2-3114 and subsections A and E of § 2.2-3115 shall be substantially similar to the following. Except as otherwise provided in § 2.2-3115, all completed forms shall be filed electronically with the Council in accordance with the standards approved by it pursuant to § 30-356. Any person who knowingly and intentionally makes a false statement of a material fact on the Statement of Economic Interests is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS.
Name__________________________________________________________
Office or position held or sought_____________________________________
Address________________________________________________________
Names of members of immediate family________________________________
DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY MATERIAL.
"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 person filing 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 person filing this statement is no longer employed, or (ii) the receipt of compensation for work performed by the person filing as an independent contractor of a business that represents an entity before any state governmental agency when the person filing 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, lodgings and meals, whether provided in-kind, by purchase of a ticket, payment in advance or reimbursement after the expense has been incurred. "Gift" does not include (i) any offer of a ticket, coupon, or other admission or pass unless the ticket, coupon, admission, or pass is used; (ii) honorary degrees; (iii) any athletic, merit, or need-based scholarship or any other financial aid awarded by a public or private school, institution of higher education, or other educational program pursuant to such school, institution, or program's financial aid standards and procedures applicable to the general public; (iv) a campaign contribution properly received and reported pursuant to Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.) of Title 24.2; (v) any gift related to the private profession or occupation of an officer or employee or of a member of his immediate family; (vi) food or beverages consumed while attending an event at which the filer is performing official duties related to his public service; (vii) food and beverages received at or registration or attendance fees waived for any event at which the filer is a featured speaker, presenter, or lecturer; (viii) unsolicited awards of appreciation or recognition in the form of a plaque, trophy, wall memento, or similar item that is given in recognition of public, civic, charitable, or professional service; (ix) a devise or inheritance; (x) travel disclosed pursuant to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (§ 24.2-945 et seq.); (xi) travel paid for or provided by the government of the United States, any of its territories, or any state or any political subdivision of such state; (xii) travel provided to facilitate attendance by a legislator at a regular or special session of the General Assembly, a meeting of a legislative committee or commission, or a national conference where attendance is approved by the House or Senate Committee on Rules; (xiii) travel related to an official meeting of the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, or any board, commission, authority, or other entity, or any charitable organization established pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code affiliated with such entity, to which such person has been appointed or elected or is a member by virtue of his office or employment; or (xiv) gifts from relatives or personal friends. "Relative" means the donee's spouse, child, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first cousin; a person to whom the donee is engaged to be married; the donee's or his spouse's parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, step-parent, step-grandparent, step-grandchild, step-brother, or step-sister; or the donee's brother's or sister's spouse. "Personal friend" does not include any person that the filer knows or has reason to know is (a) a lobbyist registered pursuant to Article 3 (§ 2.2-418 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 2.2; (b) a lobbyist's principal as defined in § 2.2-419; (c) for an officer or employee of a local governmental or advisory agency, a person, organization, or business who is a party to or is seeking to become a party to a contract with the local agency of which he is an officer or an employee; or (d) for an officer or employee of a state governmental or advisory agency, a person, organization, or business who is a party to or is seeking to become a party to a contract with the Commonwealth. "Person, organization, or business" includes individuals who are officers, directors, or owners of or who have a controlling ownership interest in such organization or business.
"Immediate family" means (i) a spouse and (ii) any other person who resides in the same household as the officer or employee and who is a dependent of the officer or employee.
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 10. 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 $5,000 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 $5,000 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 six 12 months did you receive in
your capacity as an officer or employee of your agency lodging, transportation,
money, or anything else of value with a combined value exceeding $100 (i) for a
single talk, meeting, or published work or (ii) for a meeting, conference, or
event where your attendance at the meeting, conference, or event was designed
to (a) educate you on issues relevant to your duties as an officer or employee
of your agency or (b) enhance your knowledge and skills relative to your duties
as an officer or employee of your agency?
EITHER check NO / / OR check YES / / and complete Schedule D.
5. Gifts.
During the past six 12 months did a business,
government, or individual other than a relative or personal friend (i) furnish
you or a member of your immediate family with any gift or entertainment at a
single event and the value received exceeded $50 or (ii) furnish you or a
member of your immediate family with gifts or entertainment in any combination
and the total value received exceeded $50, and for which you or the member of
your immediate family neither paid nor rendered services in exchange? Account
for entertainment events only if the average value per person attending the
event exceeded $50. Account for all business entertainment (except if related
to the private profession or occupation of you or the member of your immediate
family who received such business entertainment) 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 $5,000 annually. (Exclude state or local government or advisory agencies.)
If no reportable salary or wages, check here / /.
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
7. Business Interests.
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 $5,000 in a business?
EITHER check NO / / OR check YES / / and complete Schedule F.
8. Payments for Representation and Other Services.
8A. Did you represent, excluding activity defined as lobbying
in § 2.2-419, any businesses before any state governmental agencies, excluding
courts or judges, for which you received total compensation during the past six 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? (Officers
and employees of local governmental and advisory agencies do NOT need to answer
this question or complete Schedule G-1.)
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, excluding activity defined as lobbying in § 2.2-419, any businesses
before any state governmental agency for which total compensation was received
during the past six 12 months in excess of $1,000?
(Officers and employees of local governmental and advisory agencies do NOT need
to answer this question or complete Schedule G-2.)
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 six 12
months? Services reported under this provision shall not include services
involving the representation of businesses that are reported under item 8A or
8B.
EITHER check NO / / OR check YES / / and complete Schedule G-3.
9. Real Estate.
9A. State Officers and Employees.
Do you or a member of your immediate family hold an interest, including a partnership interest, valued at more than $5,000 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-1.
9B. Local Officers and Employees.
Do you or a member of your immediate family hold an interest, including a partnership interest, or option, easement, or land contract, valued at more than $5,000 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-2.
10. Real Estate Contracts with Governmental Agencies.
Do you or a member of your immediate family hold an interest
valued at more than $5,000 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 six 12
months, with a governmental agency? If the real estate contract provides for
the leasing of the property to a governmental agency, do you or a member of
your immediate family hold an interest in the real estate valued at more than
$1,000? Account for all such contracts whether or not your interest is reported
in Schedule F, H-1, or H-2. 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.
Statements of Economic Interests are open for public inspection.
AFFIRMATION BY ALL FILERS.
I swear or affirm that the foregoing information is full, true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Signature________________________________
(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.
_______________________________________________________________________
Name of Business Address of Business Position Held and by Whom
___________________ _____________________ _________________________
___________________ _____________________ _________________________
___________________ _____________________ _________________________
___________________ _____________________ _________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 2
SCHEDULE B -- PERSONAL LIABILITIES.
Report personal liability by checking each category. Report only debts in excess of $5,000. 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:
_______________________________________________________________________
Check Check one
appropriate $5,001 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 and its name.)
_________________________________________ __________ _________
_________________________________________ __________ _________
Individual creditors:
(State principal business or occupation of
each creditor and its name.)
_________________________________________ __________ _________
_________________________________________ __________ _________
_______________________________________________________________________
2. The personal debts of the members of my immediate family are as follows:
_______________________________________________________________________
Check Check one
appropriate $5,001 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 and its name.)
_________________________________________ __________ _________
_________________________________________ __________ _________
Individual creditors:
(State principal business or occupation of
each creditor and its name.)
_________________________________________ __________ _________
_________________________________________ __________ _________
_______________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 3
SCHEDULE C -- SECURITIES.
"Securities" INCLUDES stocks, bonds, mutual funds, limited partnerships, and commodity futures contracts.
"Securities" EXCLUDES certificates of deposit, 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 $5,000. Name each issuer 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 / /.
____________________________________________________________________________
Check one
Type of Security $5,001 $50,001 More
(stocks, bonds, mutual to to than
Name of Issuer funds, etc.) $50,000 $250,000 $250,000
________________________ _______________________ _______ _______ ________
________________________ _______________________ _______ _______ ________
________________________ _______________________ _______ _______ ________
________________________ _______________________ _______ _______ ________
____________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 4
SCHEDULE D -- PAYMENTS FOR TALKS, MEETINGS, AND PUBLICATIONS.
List each source from which you received during the past six 12
months in your capacity as an officer or employee of your agency lodging,
transportation, money, or any other thing of value with combined value
exceeding $100 (i) for your presentation of a single talk, participation in one
meeting, or publication of a work or (ii) for your attendance at a meeting,
conference, or event where your attendance at the meeting, conference, or event
was designed to (a) educate you on issues relevant to your duties as an officer
or employee of your agency or (b) enhance your knowledge and skills relative to
your duties as an officer or employee of your agency. Any lodging,
transportation, money, or other thing of value received by an officer or
employee that does not satisfy the provisions of clause (i), (ii) (a), or (ii)
(b) shall be listed as a gift on Schedule E.
List payments or reimbursements by an advisory or governmental agency only for meetings or travel outside the Commonwealth.
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 / /.
________________________________________________________________________
Type of payment
(e.g., honoraria,
travel reimburse-
Payer Approximate Value Circumstances ment, etc.)
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 5
SCHEDULE E -- GIFTS.
List each business, governmental entity, or individual that,
during the past six 12 months, (i) furnished you
or a member of your immediate family with any gift or entertainment at a single
event, and the value received exceeded $50 or (ii) furnished you or a member of
your immediate family with gifts or entertainment in any combination and the
total value received exceeded $50, and for which you or the member of your
immediate family 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. Do not list business entertainment
related to the private profession or occupation of you or the member of your
immediate family who received such business entertainment. 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.
_________________________________________________________________________
Name of Business, City or Exact
Name of Organization, or County Gift or Approximate
Recipient Individual and State Event Value
___________ __________________ __________ ___________ ___________
___________ __________________ __________ ___________ ___________
___________ __________________ __________ ___________ ___________
___________ __________________ __________ ___________ ___________
________________________________________________ ________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 6
SCHEDULE F -- 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 $5,000.
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.
___________________________________________________________________________
Name of Business, Gross Income
Corporation,
Partnership, City or Nature of Enterprise $50,001 More
Farm; Address of County (farming, law, rental $50,000 to than
Rental Property and State property, etc.) or less $250,000 $250,000
________________ _________ _____________________ ________ ________ ________
________________ _________ _____________________ ________ ________ ________
________________ _________ _____________________ ________ ________ ________
________________ _________ _____________________ ________ ________ ________
___________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 8
SCHEDULE G-1 -- PAYMENTS FOR REPRESENTATION BY YOU.
List the businesses you represented, excluding activity
defined as lobbying in § 2.2-419, before any state governmental agency,
excluding any court or judge, for which you received total compensation during
the past six 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.
Only STATE officers and employees should complete this Schedule.
_____________________________________________________________________
Pur- Amount Received
pose
Name Type of Name
of of Repre- of $1,001 $10,001 $50,001 $100,001 $250,001
Busi- Busi- senta- Agen- to to to to and
ness ness tion cy $10,000 $50,000 $100,000 $250,000 over
_____ _____ ______ ______ _______ _______ ________ _________ ________
_____ _____ ______ ______ _______ _______ ________ _________ ________
_____ _____ ______ ______ _______ _______ ________ _________ ________
_____ _____ ______ ______ _______ _______ ________ _________ ________
_____________________________________________________________________
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, excluding activity defined as
lobbying in § 2.2-419, 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 six 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.
Only STATE officers and employees should complete this Schedule.
______________________________________________________________
Type of business Name of state governmental agency
____________________ ______________________________________
____________________ ______________________________________
____________________ ______________________________________
____________________ ______________________________________
______________________________________________________________
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 six 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.
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.
___________________________________________________________________________
Check Value of Compensation
if Type
ser- of
vices ser-
were vice $1,001 $10,001 $50,001 $100,001 $250,001
ren- ren- to to to to and
dered dered $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 _____ _____ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
___________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 9
SCHEDULE H-1 -- REAL ESTATE -- STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
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 more than $5,000. Each parcel shall be listed individually.
_________________________________________________________________________
Describe the type of real
List each location estate you own in each If the real estate is
(state, and county location (business, recre- owned or recorded in
or city) where you ational, apartment, com- a name other than your
own real estate. mercial, open land, etc.). own, list that name.
_____________________ __________________________ ______________________
_____________________ __________________________ ______________________
_____________________ __________________________ ______________________
_____________________ __________________________ ______________________
_____________________ __________________________ ______________________
_________________________________________________________________________
SCHEDULE H-2 -- REAL ESTATE -- LOCAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
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 or option, easement, or land contract, valued at more than $5,000. Each parcel shall be listed individually. Also list the names of any co-owners of such property, if applicable.
_________________________________________________________________________
Describe the type
of real estate
you own in
each location If the real estate
List each location (business, is owned or rec-
(state, and county recreational, orded in a name
or city) where apartment, com- other than your List the names
you own real mercial, open own, list that of any co-owners,
estate. land, etc.). name. if applicable.
__________________ _________________ __________________ _________________
__________________ _________________ __________________ _________________
__________________ _________________ __________________ _________________
__________________ _________________ __________________ _________________
__________________ _________________ __________________ _________________
_________________________________________________________________________
SCHEDULE I -- REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
List all contracts, whether pending or completed within the
past six 12
months, with a governmental agency for the sale or exchange of real estate in
which you or a member of your immediate family holds an interest, including a
corporate, partnership or trust interest, option, easement, or land contract,
valued at more than $10,000. List all contracts with a governmental agency for the
lease of real estate in which you or a member of your immediate family holds
such an interest valued at more than $1,000. 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.
State officers and employees report contracts with state agencies.
Local officers and employees report contracts with local agencies.
_______________________________________________________________________
List your real estate
interest and the
person or entity,
including the type
of entity, which
is party to
the contract. State the annual
Describe any income from the
management role and List each governmental contract, and the
the percentage agency which is a amount, if any, of
ownership party to the contract income you or any
interest you or your and indicate the immediate family
immediate family county or city where member derives
member has in the real the real estate annually from the
estate or entity. is located. contract.
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
_______________________________________________________________________
§ 30-110. Disclosure.
A. (Effective January 1, 2016, through July 1, 2016) Every legislator
and legislator-elect shall file, as a condition to assuming office, a
disclosure statement of his personal interests and such other information as is
specified on the form set forth in § 30-111 and thereafter shall file such a
statement semiannually by December annually on or before January
15 for the preceding six-month period complete
through the last day of October and by June 15 for the preceding six-month
period complete through the last day of April. When the
filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the disclosure
statement shall be filed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday. Disclosure forms shall be made available by the Virginia
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council at least 30 days prior to the
filing deadline. Members of the Senate and members of the House of Delegates
shall file their disclosure forms with the Virginia Conflict of Interest and
Ethics Advisory Council. The disclosure forms of the members of the General
Assembly shall be maintained as public records for five years in the office of
the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council. Such forms shall
be made public no later than six weeks after filing.
A. (Effective July 1, 2016) Every legislator and legislator-elect
shall file, as a condition to assuming office, a disclosure statement of his
personal interests and such other information as is specified on the form set
forth in § 30-111 and thereafter shall file such a statement semiannually by December annually on or before January
15 for the preceding six-month period complete
through the last day of October and by June 15 for the preceding six-month
period complete through the last day of April. When the
filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the disclosure
statement shall be filed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday. Disclosure forms shall be made available by the Virginia
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council at least 30 days prior to the
filing deadline. Disclosure forms shall be filed electronically with the
Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council in accordance with
the standards approved by it pursuant to § 30-356. The disclosure forms of the
members of the General Assembly shall be maintained as public records for five
years in the office of the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory
Council. Such forms shall be made public no later than six weeks after filing.
B. Candidates for the General Assembly shall file a disclosure statement of their personal interests as required by §§ 24.2-500 through 24.2-503.
C. Any legislator who has a personal interest in any transaction pending before the General Assembly and who is disqualified from participating in that transaction pursuant to § 30-108 and the rules of his house shall disclose his interest in accordance with the applicable rule of his house.
§ 30-110.1. Report of gifts.
Every legislator shall file, on or before May 1, a report of gifts accepted or received by him or a member of his immediate family during the period beginning on the first day of the regular session of the General Assembly complete through adjournment sine die of that session. The gift report shall be on a form prescribed by the Council and shall be filed electronically with the Council in accordance with the standards approved by it pursuant to § 30-356. For purposes of this section, "adjournment sine die" means adjournment on the last legislative day of the regular session and does not include the ensuing reconvened session.
§ 30-111. Disclosure form.
A. (Effective from January 1, 2016, until July 1, 2016) The disclosure form to be used for filings required by subsections A and B of § 30-110 shall be substantially similar to the following.
A. (Effective July 1, 2016) The disclosure form to be used for filings required by subsections A and B of § 30-110 shall be substantially similar to the following. All completed forms shall be filed electronically with the Council in accordance with the standards approved by it pursuant to § 30-356.
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS.
Name__________________________________________________________
Office or position held or sought_____________________________________
Address________________________________________________________
Names of members of immediate family________________________________
DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY MATERIAL.
"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, lodgings and meals, whether provided in-kind, by purchase of a ticket, payment in advance or reimbursement after the expense has been incurred. "Gift" does not include (i) any offer of a ticket, coupon, or other admission or pass unless the ticket, coupon, admission, or pass is used; (ii) honorary degrees; (iii) any athletic, merit, or need-based scholarship or any other financial aid awarded by a public or private school, institution of higher education, or other educational program pursuant to such school, institution, or program's financial aid standards and procedures applicable to the general public; (iv) a campaign contribution properly received and reported pursuant to Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.) of Title 24.2; (v) any gift related to the private profession or occupation of a legislator or of a member of his immediate family; (vi) food or beverages consumed while attending an event at which the filer is performing official duties related to his public service; (vii) food and beverages received at or registration or attendance fees waived for any event at which the filer is a featured speaker, presenter, or lecturer; (viii) unsolicited awards of appreciation or recognition in the form of a plaque, trophy, wall memento, or similar item that is given in recognition of public, civic, charitable, or professional service; (ix) a devise or inheritance; (x) travel disclosed pursuant to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (§ 24.2-945 et seq.); (xi) travel paid for or provided by the government of the United States, any of its territories, or any state or any political subdivision of such state; (xii) travel provided to facilitate attendance by a legislator at a regular or special session of the General Assembly, a meeting of a legislative committee or commission, or a national conference where attendance is approved by the House or Senate Committee on Rules; (xiii) travel related to an official meeting of the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, or any board, commission, authority, or other entity, or any charitable organization established pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code affiliated with such entity, to which such person has been appointed or elected or is a member by virtue of his office or employment; or (xiv) gifts from relatives or personal friends. "Relative" means the donee's spouse, child, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first cousin; a person to whom the donee is engaged to be married; the donee's or his spouse's parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, step-parent, step-grandparent, step-grandchild, step-brother, or step-sister; or the donee's brother's or sister's spouse. "Personal friend" does not include any person that the filer knows or has reason to know is (a) a lobbyist registered pursuant to Article 3 (§ 2.2-418 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 2.2 or (b) a lobbyist's principal as defined in § 2.2-419.
"Immediate family" means (i) a spouse and (ii) any other person who resides in the same household as the legislator and who is a dependent of the legislator.
"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 (a) constitute a waiver of any attorney-client or other privilege, (b) require a waiver of any attorney-client or other privilege for a third party, or (c) 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 $5,000 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 $5,000 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 six 12 months did you receive in
your capacity as a legislator lodging, transportation, money, or anything else
of value with a combined value exceeding $100 (i) for a single talk, meeting,
or published work or (ii) for a meeting, conference, or event where your
attendance at the meeting, conference, or event was designed to (a) educate you
on issues relevant to your duties as a legislator, including issues faced by
your constituents, or (b) enhance your knowledge and skills relative to your
duties 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.
During the past six 12 months did a business,
government, or individual other than a relative or personal friend (i) furnish
you or a member of your immediate family with any gift or entertainment at a
single event, and the value received exceeded $50 or (ii) furnish you or a
member of your immediate family with gifts or entertainment in any combination
and the total value received exceeded $50, and for which you or the member of
your immediate family neither paid nor rendered services in exchange? Account
for entertainment events only if the average value per person attending the
event exceeded $50. Account for all business entertainment (except if related
to the private profession or occupation of you or the member of your immediate
family who received such business entertainment) 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 $5,000 annually. (Exclude any salary received as a member of the General Assembly pursuant to § 30-19.11.)
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 $5,000 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 six 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 six 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 six 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 more than $5,000 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 $5,000 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 six 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 six 12 months did you receive
lodging, transportation, money, or anything else of value with a combined value
exceeding $100 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.
For Statements filed in June 2016 and each two
years thereafter an even-numbered year,
complete the following statement indicating whether you completed the ethics
orientation sessions provided pursuant to law:
I certify that I completed ethics training as required by § 30-129.1. YES / / or NO / /.
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________________________________
(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.
_______________________________________________________________________
Name of Business Address of Business Position Held and by Whom
___________________ _____________________ _________________________
___________________ _____________________ _________________________
___________________ _____________________ _________________________
___________________ _____________________ _________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 2
SCHEDULE B -- PERSONAL LIABILITIES.
Report personal liability by checking each category. Report only debts in excess of $5,000. 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:
______________________________________________________________________
Check Check one
appropriate $5,001 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 and its name.)
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
Individual creditors:
(State principal business or occupation of
each creditor and its name.)
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
______________________________________________________________________
2. The personal debts of the members of my immediate family are as follows:
______________________________________________________________________
Check Check one
appropriate $5,001 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 and its name.)
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
Individual creditors:
(State principal business or occupation of
each creditor and its name.)
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
____________________________________________ __________ _________
______________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 3
SCHEDULE C -- SECURITIES.
"Securities" INCLUDES stocks, bonds, mutual funds, limited partnerships, and commodity futures contracts.
"Securities" EXCLUDES certificates of deposit, 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 $5,000. Name each issuer 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 / /.
__________________________________________________________________________
Check one
Type of Security $5,001 $50,001 More
(stocks, bonds, mutual to to than
Name of Issuer funds, etc.) $50,000 $250,000 $250,000
______________________ _______________________ _______ _______ ________
______________________ _______________________ _______ _______ ________
______________________ _______________________ _______ _______ ________
______________________ _______________________ _______ _______ ________
__________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 4
SCHEDULE D-1 -- PAYMENTS FOR TALKS, MEETINGS, AND PUBLICATIONS.
List each source from which you received during the past six 12
months in your capacity as a legislator lodging, transportation, money, or any
other thing of value with a combined value exceeding $100 (i) for your
presentation of a single talk, participation in one meeting, or publication of
a work or (ii) for your attendance at a meeting, conference, or event where
your attendance at the meeting, conference, or event was designed to (a) educate
you on issues relevant to your duties as a legislator, including issues faced
by your constituents, or (b) enhance your knowledge and skills relative to your
duties as a legislator. Any lodging, transportation, money, or other thing of
value received by a legislator that does not satisfy the criteria of clause
(i), (ii)(a), or (ii)(b) shall be listed as a gift on Schedule E. 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 / /.
________________________________________________________________________
Type of Payment
(e.g., Honoraria,
Travel reimburse-
Payer Approximate Value Circumstances ment, etc.)
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________________________________________________________________
RETURN TO ITEM 5
SCHEDULE D-2 -- PAYMENTS BY THE COMMONWEALTH FOR MEETINGS.
List each meeting for which the Commonwealth provided payments
or reimbursements during the past six 12 months to you for lodging,
transportation, money, or any other thing of value with a combined value
exceeding $100 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 / /.
________________________________________________________________________
Type of Payment
(e.g., Travel
reimbursement,
Payer Approximate Value Circumstances etc.)
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________ __________________ _______________ _________________
________________________________________________________________________
SCHEDULE E -- GIFTS.
List each business, governmental entity, or individual that,
during the past six 12 months, (i) furnished you
or a member of your immediate family with any gift or entertainment at a single
event, and the value received exceeded $50 or (ii) furnished you or a member of
your immediate family with gifts or entertainment in any combination and the
total value received exceeded $50, and for which you or the member of your
immediate family 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. Do not list business entertainment related to the private profession or occupation of you or the member of your immediate family who received such business entertainment. 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.
__________________________________________________________________________
Name of Business, City or Exact
Name of Organization, or County Gift or Approximate
Recipient Individual and State Event 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 $5,000.
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.
_________________________________________________________________________
Name of
Business
Corporation,
Partnership, Nature of Gross income
Farm; Enterprise
Address of City or (farming, $50,001 More
Rental County law, rental $50,000 to than
Property and State property, etc.) or less $250,000 $250,000
______________ _________ _________________ _______ ________ ________
______________ _________ _________________ _______ ________ ________
______________ _________ _________________ _______ ________ ________
______________ _________ _________________ _______ ________ ________
_________________________________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________________________________
Payments to
Lobbyist
List each person Describe each Dates of $10,000 More than
or business relationship relationship or less $10,000
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
_________________ ______________ ______________ ___________ ___________
___________________________________________________________________________
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 six 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.
______________________________________________________________________
Pur-
pose Amount Received
Name Type of
of of Repre- Name $1,001 $10,001 $50,001 $100,001
Busi- Busi- senta- of to to to to $250,001
ness ness tion Agency $10,000 $50,000 $100,000 $250,000 and over
______ ______ ______ ______ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
______ ______ ______ ______ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
______ ______ ______ ______ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
______ ______ ______ ______ _______ _______ ________ ________ ________
______________________________________________________________________
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 six 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 six 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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Check
if Type
ser- of Value of Compensation
vices ser-
were vice $1,001 $10,001 $50,001 $100,001
ren- ren- to to to to $250,001
dered dered $10,000 $50,000 $100,000 $250,000 and 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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RETURN TO ITEM 9
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 $5,000 or more. Each parcel shall be listed individually.
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Describe the type of real
estate you own in each
List the location location (business, If the real estate is
(state, and county recreational, apartment, owned or recorded in
or city where you commercial, open land, a name other than your
own real estate etc.) own, list that name
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___________________ _________________________ ______________________
___________________ _________________________ ______________________
___________________ _________________________ ______________________
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RETURN TO ITEM 10
SCHEDULE I -- REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS WITH STATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
List all contracts, whether pending or completed within the
past six 12
months, with a state governmental agency for the sale or exchange of real
estate in which you or a member of your immediate family holds an interest,
including a corporate, partnership or trust interest, option, easement, or land
contract, valued at more than $10,000. List all contracts with a state governmental
agency for the lease of real estate in which you or a member of your immediate
family holds such an interest valued at more than $1,000. 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.
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List your real
estate interest and
the person or entity,
including the type of
entity, which is
party to the contract. State the annual
Describe any income from the
management role and List each contract, and the
the percentage governmental agency amount, if any, of
ownership interest which is a party to income you or any
you or your immediate the contract and immediate family
family member has in indicate the county member derives
the real estate or city where the annually from
or entity. real estate is located. the contract.
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
______________________ ________________________ ___________________
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B. Any legislator who knowingly and intentionally makes a false statement of a material fact on the Statement of Economic Interests is guilty of a Class 5 felony and shall be subject to disciplinary action for such violations by the house in which the legislator sits.
C. The Statement of Economic Interests of all members of each house shall be reviewed by the Council. 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.