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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0364\">364<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0392\">392<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>; in 2014, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0792\">792<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0804\">804<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63916,"section_number":"2.2-426","catch_line":"Lobbyist reporting; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-426\/"}],"permalink":{"id":172169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66787,"identifier":"2.2-428","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/3\/2.2-428","url":"\/2.2-428\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-428\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/3\/2.2-428","dublin_core":{"Title":"Standards for automated preparation and transmittal of lobbyist&#8217;s disclosure statements; database","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-428","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Conflict of Interest<\/span> and Ethics Advisory <span class=\"dictionary\">Council<\/span> shall accept any lobbyist&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">disclosure statements<\/span> required by &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Lobbyist reporting; penalty\" href=\"\/2.2-426\/\">2.2-426<\/a> filed by computer or electronic means in accordance with the standards approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Council<\/span> pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers and duties of the Council\" href=\"\/30-356\/\">30-356<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-242227\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-428\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Secretary<\/span> shall establish a lobbyist disclosure database, available to the public, from required <span class=\"dictionary\">disclosure statements<\/span> filed electronically and may enter into that database information from required <span class=\"dictionary\">disclosure statements<\/span> filed by other methods. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Secretary<\/span> shall maintain such database until January 1, 2016. <a id=\"paragraph-242228\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-428\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTANDARDS FOR AUTOMATED PREPARATION AND TRANSMITTAL OF LOBBYIST&#8217;S\nDISCLOSURE STATEMENTS; DATABASE (\u00a7 2.2-428)\n\nA. The Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council shall accept\nany lobbyist&#8217;s disclosure statements required by &#xA7; 2.2-426 filed by\ncomputer or electronic means in accordance with the standards approved by the\nCouncil pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; 30-356.\n\nB. The Secretary shall establish a lobbyist disclosure database, available to\nthe public, from required disclosure statements filed electronically and may\nenter into that database information from required disclosure statements filed\nby other methods. The Secretary shall maintain such database until January 1,\n2016.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 364, 392, \u00a7 2.1-787.1; 2001, c. 844; 2014, cc. 792, 804.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}