Bill Text: VA HB478 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Citizen reported issues and requests; locality to establish database for information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Science and Technology [HB478 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB478-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 478 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 12, 2010 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-1412.1, relating to local database of citizen requests. ---------- Patron-- Carrico ---------- Referred to Committee on Science and Technology ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-1412.1 as follows:

§15.2-1412.1. Local database of citizen-reported issues and requests.

Every locality shall establish a database of citizen-reported issues and requests for information and the governmental responses to such citizen inquiries. Each issue and request shall be assigned a unique serial number. Such database shall be maintained in a format that allows public access via the Internet and the database shall be organized in a manner that allows information to be searched and sorted. The locality shall establish a procedure whereby the citizen making the inquiry may choose not to have his name appear in the database.