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1999 SESSION


CHAPTER 117
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-408 and 24.2-409 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter registration and lists of decedents and felons furnished to State Board of Elections by the State Registrar of Vital Records and Division of Criminal Records.
[H 1853]
Approved March 16, 1999

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 24.2-408 and 24.2-409 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 24.2-408. State Registrar of Vital Records to transmit monthly lists of decedents to State Board.

The State Registrar of Vital Records shall furnish transmit to the State Board by electronic means a monthly report list of all persons of the age of seventeen years or more who shall have died in the Commonwealth subsequent to its previous monthly report list. The reports lists shall be in a format specified by the State Board and shall contain the deceased's name; address; county, city, or town of residence; social security number, if any; and date and place of his birth and of his death. The Board shall transmit the information from the reports to the appropriate general registrars maintain a permanent record of the information in the lists as part of the voter registration system. The general registrars shall have access to the information in the lists to carry out their duties pursuant to § 24.2-427. Information in the lists shall be confidential and consistent with the requirements of § 32.1-271.

§ 24.2-409. Division of Criminal Records to transmit monthly lists of felony convictions to State Board.

The Division of Central Criminal Records Exchange shall furnish monthly transmit to the State Board by electronic means a complete monthly list of all persons convicted of a felony during the preceding month. The list shall be in a format specified by the State Board and shall contain the convicted person's name; address; county, city or town of residence; social security number, if any; date and place of birth; and date of conviction. The Board shall transmit the information from the list to the appropriate general registrars maintain a permanent record of the information in the lists as part of the voter registration system. The general registrars shall have access to the information in the lists to carry out their duties pursuant to § 24.2-427.

2. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on April 1, 2000.