                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORIENTATION SESSIONS ON ETHICS AND CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS (§ 30-129.1)

The Council shall conduct an orientation session (i) for new and returning
General Assembly members preceding each even-numbered year regular session and
(ii) for any new General Assembly member who is elected in a special election
and whose term commences after the date of the orientation session provided for
in clause (i) and at least six months before the date of the next such
orientation session within three months of his election. Attendance at the full
orientation session shall be mandatory for newly elected members. Attendance at
a refresher session shall be mandatory for returning members and may be
accomplished by online participation. There shall be no penalty for the failure
of a member to attend the full or refresher orientation session, but the member
must disclose his attendance pursuant to § 30-111.

HISTORY: 2014, cc. 792, 804; 2017, cc. 829, 832.