HB1635: General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; prohibits gifts made to legislators.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That 30-123 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 30-111.1 as follows:
[ 30-111.1. Special reports for gifts
made to legislators during a session.
Each member of the General Assembly who receives a gift
during a regular, special, or reconvened session that will be reportable on
Schedule E of the annual disclosure form set out in 30-111 shall file with
the clerk of his house a special Schedule E disclosure form to report the
receipt of the gift on the day following his receipt of the gift. Special
Schedule E disclosure forms shall be provided by the clerk of each house.
The special Schedule E disclosure form filed pursuant to
this section shall not require notarization but shall conclude with the
signature of the member following the statement:Â "I swear or affirm
that the foregoing information is full, true, and correct to the best of my
knowledge."Â
Any member who makes a knowing misstatement of a
material fact on a special Schedule E disclosure form filed pursuant to this
section or who fails to file a special Schedule E disclosure form required by this
section shall be subject to disciplinary action by his house for such
violation.
30-111.1. Gifts made to legislators prohibited.
No member of the General Assembly may receive a gift as defined in 30-111 during a regular, special, or reconvened session of the General Assembly. ]
30-123. Knowing violation of chapter a misdemeanor.
Any legislator who knowingly violates any of the provisions of
Articles 2 through 5 ( 30-102 through 30-111) 30-111.1
of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A knowing violation
under this section is one in which the person engages in conduct, performs an
act or refuses to perform an act when he knows that the conduct is prohibited
or required by this chapter. There shall be no prosecution for a violation of
30-108 or subsection C of 30-110 unless the house in which the member sits
has referred the matter to the Attorney General as provided in subdivision 4 of
30-116.
[ 2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage. ]
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That 30-123 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted, and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 30-111.1 as follows:
30-111.1. Special reports for gifts made to legislators during a session.
Each member of the General Assembly who receives a gift during a regular, special, or reconvened session that will be reportable on Schedule E of the annual disclosure form set out in 30-111 shall file with the clerk of his house a special Schedule E disclosure form to report the receipt of the gift on the day following his receipt of the gift. Special Schedule E disclosure forms shall be provided by the clerk of each house.
The special Schedule E disclosure form filed pursuant to this section shall not require notarization but shall conclude with the signature of the member following the statement: "I swear or affirm that the foregoing information is full, true, and correct to the best of my knowledge."
Any member who makes a knowing misstatement of a material fact on a special Schedule E disclosure form filed pursuant to this section or who fails to file a special Schedule E disclosure form required by this section shall be subject to disciplinary action by his house for such violation.
30-123. Knowing violation of chapter a misdemeanor.
Any legislator who knowingly violates any of the provisions of
Articles
2 through 5 ( 30-102 through 30-111) 30-111.1 of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
A knowing violation under this section is one in which the person engages in
conduct, performs an act or refuses to perform an act when he knows that the
conduct is prohibited or required by this chapter. There shall be no
prosecution for a violation of 30-108 or subsection C of 30-110 unless the house
in which the member sits has referred the matter to the Attorney General as
provided in subdivision 4 of 30-116.