                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CIVIL PENALTY FROM VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER (§ 2.2-3124)

A. In addition to any other fine or penalty provided by law, an officer or
employee who knowingly violates any provision of &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-3103 through
2.2-3112 shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount equal to the amount of
money or thing of value received as a result of such violation. If the thing of
value received by the officer or employee in violation of &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-3103
through 2.2-3112 increases in value between the time of the violation and the
time of discovery of the violation, the greater value shall determine the amount
of the civil penalty. Further, all money or other things of value received as a
result of such violation shall be forfeited in accordance with the provisions of
&#xA7; 19.2-386.33.

B. An officer or employee required to file the disclosure form prescribed by
&#xA7; 2.2-3117 who fails to file such form within the time period prescribed
shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount equal to $250. The Council shall
notify the Attorney General of any state officer&#8217;s or employee&#8217;s
failure to file the required form and the Attorney General shall assess and
collect the civil penalty. The clerk of the school board or the clerk of the
governing body of the county, city, or town shall notify the attorney for the
Commonwealth for the locality in which the officer or employee was elected or is
employed of any local officer&#8217;s or employee&#8217;s failure to file the
required form and the attorney for the Commonwealth shall assess and collect the
civil penalty. The Council shall notify the Attorney General and the clerk shall
notify the attorney for the Commonwealth within 30 days of the deadline for
filing. All civil penalties collected pursuant to this subsection shall be
deposited into the general fund and used exclusively to fund the Council.

HISTORY: 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, § 2.1-639.21; 1994, cc. 727, 776; 2001, c. 844;
2012, cc. 283, 756; 2015, cc. 763, 777.