                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRAINING ON PROHIBITED CONDUCT AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST (§ 2.2-3132)

A. The Council shall provide training sessions for local elected officials, the
members of appointed school boards, and the executive directors and members of
industrial development authorities and economic development authorities, as
created by the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act (&#xA7; 15.2-4900 et
seq.), on the provisions of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests
Act (&#xA7; 2.2-3100 et seq.). The Council may provide such training sessions by
online means.

B. Each local elected official and member of an appointed school board, and the
executive director and members of each industrial development authority and
economic development authority, as created by the Industrial Development and
Revenue Bond Act, shall complete the training session described in subsection A
within two months after assuming the local office and thereafter at least once
during each consecutive period of two calendar years while he holds such office,
commencing with the date on which he last completed a training session. No
penalty shall be imposed on a local elected official, a member of an appointed
school board, or an executive director or member of an industrial development
authority or an economic development authority for failing to complete a
training session.

C. The clerk of the respective governing body or school board shall maintain
records indicating local elected officials, members of appointed school boards,
and executive directors and members of industrial development authorities and
economic development authorities subject to the training requirement and the
dates of their completion of a training session pursuant to subsection B. Such
records shall be maintained as public records for five years in the office of
the clerk of the respective governing body or school board.

HISTORY: 2019, c. 530; 2020, cc. 76, 80; 2023, cc. 351, 352.