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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66787</law_id><section_number>2.2-428</section_number><catch_line>Standards for automated preparation and transmittal of lobbyist&amp;#8217;s disclosure statements; database</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="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Office of the Governor</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Secretary of the Commonwealth</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="3">Registration of Lobbyists</unit></structure><text>
						<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&#x2019;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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, cc. 364, 392, &#xA7; 2.1-787.1; 2001, c. 844; 2014, cc. 792, 804.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
