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The Commission may require any tobacco farmer or other applicant for payments from the Fund to provide his social security or taxpayer identification number.B\n\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, personal and financial information supplied to or maintained by the Commission relating to tobacco farmers may be used, exchanged, and disclosed at the Commission’s discretion as may be necessary or appropriate to make payments under, administer, or enforce this chapter and related state and federal laws, any other state or federal tobacco indemnification or loss assistance program, or a national tobacco community trust fund.C\n\nNothing in this section shall prohibit the Commission, in its discretion, from releasing any information that has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that does not allow the identification of the person who supplied particular information or the sum of money received by a particular recipient.D\n\nPersonal and financial information supplied by or maintained on persons or entities applying for or receiving distributions from the Fund for economic growth and development, as well as specific information relating to the amount and identity of recipients of such distributions, shall be subject to disclosure in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). The provisions of that Act applicable to records or meetings of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership or other state or local economic development entities shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Commission and the Manager selected pursuant to subdivision A 9 of § 3.2-3103.E\n\nThe provisions of this section shall also apply to any department, agency, institution, political subdivision, or employee of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision that receives personal or financial information from the Commission in order to process checks for payments from the Fund or to assist the Commission with the administration and enforcement of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":283075,"text":"The Commission shall hold in confidence the personal and financial information supplied to it, or maintained by it, concerning tobacco farmers, including names, addresses, and payment information. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 757<\/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 3 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 844<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 399<\/a> and 433<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195397,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79028,"identifier":"3.2-3111","token":"3.2\/II\/D\/31\/3.2-3111","url":"\/3.2-3111\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3111\/","token":"3.2\/II\/D\/31\/3.2-3111","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidentiality of information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall hold in confidence the personal and financial information supplied to it, or maintained by it, concerning tobacco farmers, including names, addresses, and payment information. The Commission<\/span> may require any tobacco farmer or other applicant for payments from the Fund<\/span> to provide his social security or taxpayer identification number. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding the foregoing, personal and financial information supplied to or maintained by the Commission<\/span> relating to tobacco farmers may be used, exchanged, and disclosed at the Commission<\/span>’s discretion as may be necessary or appropriate to make payments under, administer, or enforce this chapter and related state and federal laws<\/span>, any other state or federal tobacco indemnification or loss assistance program, or a national tobacco community trust fund<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Commission<\/span>, in its discretion, from releasing any information that has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that does not allow the identification of the person who supplied particular information or the sum of money received by a particular recipient. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Personal and financial information supplied by or maintained on persons or entities applying for or receiving distributions from the Fund<\/span> for economic growth and development, as well as specific information relating to the amount and identity of recipients of such distributions, shall be subject to disclosure in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.). The provisions of that Act applicable to records or meetings of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership or other state or local economic development entities shall apply mutatis mutandis<\/span> to the Commission<\/span> and the Manager selected pursuant to subdivision A 9 of § 3.2-3103<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The provisions of this section shall also apply to any department<\/span>, agency, institution, political subdivision, or employee of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision that receives personal or financial information from the Commission<\/span> in order<\/span> to process checks for payments from the Fund<\/span> or to assist the Commission<\/span> with the administration and enforcement of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION (\u00a7 3.2-3111)\n\nA. The Commission shall hold in confidence the personal and financial\ninformation supplied to it, or maintained by it, concerning tobacco farmers,\nincluding names, addresses, and payment information. The Commission may require\nany tobacco farmer or other applicant for payments from the Fund to provide his\nsocial security or taxpayer identification number.\n\nB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, personal and financial information supplied to\nor maintained by the Commission relating to tobacco farmers may be used,\nexchanged, and disclosed at the Commission’s discretion as may be\nnecessary or appropriate to make payments under, administer, or enforce this\nchapter and related state and federal laws, any other state or federal tobacco\nindemnification or loss assistance program, or a national tobacco community\ntrust fund.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Commission, in its discretion,\nfrom releasing any information that has been transformed into a statistical or\naggregate form that does not allow the identification of the person who supplied\nparticular information or the sum of money received by a particular recipient.\n\nD. Personal and financial information supplied by or maintained on persons or\nentities applying for or receiving distributions from the Fund for economic\ngrowth and development, as well as specific information relating to the amount\nand identity of recipients of such distributions, shall be subject to disclosure\nin accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et\nseq.). The provisions of that Act applicable to records or meetings of the\nVirginia Economic Development Partnership or other state or local economic\ndevelopment entities shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Commission and the\nManager selected pursuant to subdivision A 9 of § 3.2-3103.\n\nE. The provisions of this section shall also apply to any department, agency,\ninstitution, political subdivision, or employee of the Commonwealth or a\npolitical subdivision that receives personal or financial information from the\nCommission in order to process checks for payments from the Fund or to assist\nthe Commission with the administration and enforcement of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 757, \u00a7 9-389.1; 2001, c. 844, \u00a7 3.1-1114.1; 2008, c. 860;\n2015, cc. 399, 433.","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}}