CODE OF VIRGINIA

EFFECT OF ADVISORY OPINIONS FROM THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ADVISORY COUNCIL ON
LIABILITY FOR WILLFUL AND KNOWING VIOLATIONS (§ 2.2-3715)

Any officer, employee, or member of a public body who is alleged to have
committed a willful and knowing violation pursuant to § 2.2-3714 shall have the
right to introduce at any proceeding a copy of a relevant advisory opinion
issued pursuant to § 30-179 as evidence that he did not willfully and knowingly
commit the violation if the alleged violation resulted from his good faith
reliance on the advisory opinion.

HISTORY: 2019, c. 354.