                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DECLARATION OF LEGISLATIVE POLICY; CONSTRUCTION (§ 30-100)

The General Assembly, recognizing that our system of representative government
is dependent in part upon (i) citizen legislative members representing fully the
public in the legislative process and (ii) its citizens maintaining the highest
trust in their public officers, finds and declares that the citizens are
entitled to be assured that the judgment of the members of the General Assembly
will not be compromised or affected by inappropriate conflicts.
		The provisions of this chapter do not preclude prosecution for any violation
of any criminal law of the Commonwealth, including Articles 2 (Bribery and
Related Offenses, § 18.2-438 et seq.) and 3 (Bribery of Public Servants and
Party Officials, § 18.2-446 et seq.) of Chapter 10 of Title 18.2, and do not
constitute a defense to any prosecution for such a violation.
		This chapter shall apply to the members of the General Assembly.
		This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose.

HISTORY: 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, § 2.1-639.30; 2001, c. 844; 2014, cc. 792, 804.