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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 687<\/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 7 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 1997, chapters 364<\/a> and 392<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 416<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 864<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 511<\/a> and 555<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 242<\/a> and 257<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 745<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 787<\/a> and 892<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189333,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59150,"identifier":"24.2-951.8","token":"24.2\/9.3\/6\/24.2-951.8","url":"\/24.2-951.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-951.8\/","token":"24.2\/9.3\/6\/24.2-951.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"With whom referendum committees file reports; electronic filing requirement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-951.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Referendum<\/span> committees required to file statements or reports by this article shall file all reports with the State Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A referendum<\/span> committee that is required by this chapter to file reports with the State Board<\/span>, and that accepts contributions or makes expenditures in excess of $10,000 in any calendar year, or that accepted contributions or made expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the previous calendar year, shall file its reports with the State Board<\/span> by computer or electronic means in accordance with the standards approved by the State Board<\/span> until such time as the referendum<\/span> committee files a final report or until subject to the provisions of subsection B of § 24.2-951.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any referendum<\/span> committee that has been filing electronically, but does not anticipate accepting contributions or making expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the upcoming calendar year, may sign a waiver<\/span>, on a form prescribed by the State Board<\/span>, to exempt the committee from the electronic filing requirement for the calendar year. Such waiver<\/span> form shall be submitted and received no later than the date the first report is due covering activity for that calendar year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWITH WHOM REFERENDUM COMMITTEES FILE REPORTS; ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENT (\u00a7\n24.2-951.8)\n\nA. Referendum committees required to file statements or reports by this article\nshall file all reports with the State Board.\n\nB. A referendum committee that is required by this chapter to file reports with\nthe State Board, and that accepts contributions or makes expenditures in excess\nof $10,000 in any calendar year, or that accepted contributions or made\nexpenditures in excess of $10,000 in the previous calendar year, shall file its\nreports with the State Board by computer or electronic means in accordance with\nthe standards approved by the State Board until such time as the referendum\ncommittee files a final report or until subject to the provisions of subsection\nB of § 24.2-951.1.\n\nC. Any referendum committee that has been filing electronically, but does not\nanticipate accepting contributions or making expenditures in excess of $10,000\nin the upcoming calendar year, may sign a waiver, on a form prescribed by the\nState Board, to exempt the committee from the electronic filing requirement for\nthe calendar year. Such waiver form shall be submitted and received no later\nthan the date the first report is due covering activity for that calendar year.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 687, \u00a7 24.2-914.1; 1997, cc. 364, 392; 1998, c. 416; 1999, c.\n864; 2000, cc. 511, 555; 2003, cc. 242, 257, \u00a7 24.2-910.1; 2005, c. 745; 2006,\ncc. 787, 892.","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}}