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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71321</law_id><section_number>2.2-3715</section_number><catch_line>Effect of advisory opinions from the Freedom of Information Advisory Council on liability for willful and knowing violations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="37">Virginia Freedom of Information Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any officer, employee, or member of a <span class="dictionary">public body</span> who is alleged to have committed a willful and knowing violation pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Violations and penalties" href="/2.2-3714/">2.2-3714</a> shall have the right to introduce at any proceeding a copy of a relevant advisory <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> issued pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Powers and duties of the Council" href="/30-179/">30-179</a> as <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that he did not willfully and knowingly commit the violation if the alleged violation resulted from his good faith reliance on the advisory <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>.</p></section></text><history>2019, c. 354.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
