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HOUSE BILL NO. 2759 House Amendments in [ ] -- February 8, 1999 A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-405 of the Code of Virginia, relating to lists of registered voters; lists of addresses for census purposes. ---------- Patron-- Woodrum ---------- Consent to introduce ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 24.2-405 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 24.2-405. Persons who may obtain lists of registered voters.

A. The State Board shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of registered voters for their districts to (i) courts of the Commonwealth and the United States for jury selection purposes, (ii) candidates for election or political party nomination to further their candidacy, (iii) political party committees or officials thereof for political purposes only, (iv) incumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, and (v) nonprofit organizations which promote voter participation and registration for that purpose only. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other purpose, except that the State Board is authorized to furnish information from the voter registration system to general registrars for their official use.

B. The State Board shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of the addresses of registered voters for their localities to local government census liaisons and their staff for the sole purpose of providing address information to the United States Bureau of the Census. No list furnished under this subsection shall contain the name of any registered voter. For the purpose of this subsection, the term “census liaison” shall have the meaning provided in 13 U. S. C. § 16.

C. In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social security number of any registered voter except a list furnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury selection purposes.

D. Any list furnished under subsection A of this section shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any active or retired law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9-169 and in 5 U.S.C.A. § 8331 (20) but excluding officers whose duties relate to detention as defined in paragraphs (A) through (D) of § 8331 (20), who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address for his residence for use on such lists.

E. Any printed precinct list furnished under subsection A of this section shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any party granted a protective order as described in §§ 16.1-253.1, 16.1-253.4, 16.1-279.1, and 18.2-60.3, who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address for his residence for use on such lists.

[ 2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage. ]