Bill Text: VA HB524 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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Bill Title: Lobbyist's disclosure statement; Secretary of Commonwealth to redesign form.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-05 - Senate: Continued to 2011 in Rules (16-Y 0-N) [HB524 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB524-Prefiled.html
Bill Title: Lobbyist's disclosure statement; Secretary of Commonwealth to redesign form.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-05 - Senate: Continued to 2011 in Rules (16-Y 0-N) [HB524 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB524-Prefiled.html
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10101075D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§2.2-426, 2.2-428, and 2.2-431 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §2.2-426. Lobbyist reporting; penalty. A. Each lobbyist shall file a separate annual report of expenditures, including gifts, for each principal for whom he lobbies by July 1 for the preceding 12-month period complete through April 30. B. Each principal who expends more than $500 to employ or compensate multiple lobbyists shall be responsible for filing a consolidated lobbyist report pursuant to this section in any case in which the lobbyists are each exempt under the provisions of subdivision 7 or 8 of §2.2-420 from the reporting requirements of this section. C. The report shall be on a form provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, which shall be substantially as follows and shall be accompanied by instructions provided by the Secretary.
1. Name of Principal Principal:___________________________________________________________ 2. Lobbyist Information Last Name:_____________________________________ Suffix:______________ First Name:_____________________________ Middle Name:________________ Business Address:_______________________________ Suite/Apt: _________ City:____________________________ State:__________ Zip: _____________ Work Phone: (____)____________________ Email:________________________ 3. Lobbyist's Relationship to Principal [ ] Lobbyist was Employed by Principal Job Title:_________________________________________________ Total compensation for lobbying during period: $___________ Does this amount represent lobbyist's entire salary during period? Yes______No______ If answer is "No," explain how you arrived at amount com- pensated for lobbying: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [ ] Lobbyist was Retained by Principal Name of Firm:______________________________________________ Total Compensation paid to firm for lobbying during period: $ ____________ Does this amount represent total amount paid to firm (retainers and fees) during period? Yes______No______ If answer is "No," explain how you arrived at amount com- pensated for lobbying: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [ ] Lobbyist was a Nonpaid Volunteer for the Principal 4. Incorporated Reporting Is this lobbyist part of an incorporated filing that includes actions taken on behalf of a client and the expenditure summary for more than one lobbyist registered on behalf of the client? Yes______No______ If "No," proceed to Section 5. If "Yes," provide the name of lobbyist of record for the incorporated filing: Lobbyist of record for incorporated filing: Last Name:_____________First Name:_____________Middle Name:__________ If you are the lobbyist of record, proceed to Section 5. If you are not the lobbyist of record, skip Sections 5 and 6 and pro- ceed to Section 7. 5. Legislative and Executive Actions Did lobbyist actually engage in lobbying on the principal's behalf during the time period covered? Yes______No______ If "No," proceed to Section 6. List the general matters of concern that you (and any other lobbyists included in an incorporated filing) lobbied on behalf of the princi- pal: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ List all legislative actions, including where appropriate the assigned House of Delegates or Senate bill numbers, that you and any other lobbyist included in an incorporated filing sought to influence the outcome of during the period of this report: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ (Attach separate sheet if necessary.) List all executive actions that you and any other lobbyist included in an incorporated filing sought to influence during disclosure period. "Sought to influence" shall mean any direct contact by any means to a member of the (i)legislature or legislative staff,(ii) executive branch or staff, or (iii) public, seeking support on, or opposition to, a particular issue. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ (Attach separate sheet if necessary.) 6. Financial Summary Expenditure Totals a) Entertainment $_______[ ]"Schedule A" Attached b) Gifts $_______[ ]"Schedule B" Attached c) Office Expenses $________ d) Communications $________ e) Personal Living/Travel $________ f) Compensation of Lobbyists $________ g) Registration Fees $________ h) Other $_______[ ]"Schedule C" Attached Total Expenditures: $________ If the expenditure totals above represent an incorporated filing for more than one lobbyist, list the names of all other lobbyists includ- ed in these expenditure totals: Name (Last Name, First Name) Firm (if retained) or Title (if employed) ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ (Attach separate sheet if necessary.) 7. Statement of Lobbyist I, the undersigned registered lobbyist, do state that all the infor- mation provided on this disclosure statement and all the required attachments made thereto are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, complete and accurate. ____________________________ ___________________________________ Signature Date 8. Statement of Authorized Representative of Principal I, the undersigned authorized representative of the principal, do state that all the information provided on this disclosure statement and all the required attachments made thereto are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, complete and accurate. Authorized Representative (Cannot be same person as lobbyist listed above) Last Name:____________________________________ Suffix: ______________ First Name:______________________ Middle Name:_______________________ Business Street Address:___________________________ Suite/Apt:_______ City:_________________________________ State:__________ Zip:_________ Work Phone: (____)___________________ Email:_________________________ ____________________________ ___________________________________ Signature Date Schedule A Entertainment Expenses This schedule shall be completed each time the lobbyist spends money on behalf of the principal for any entertainment expense in which (a) guests included executive or legislative officials and (b) the total cost of the event was $50 or more. If (a) and (b) above are true, the lobbyist shall complete this form even if the principal's share of event was less than $50. Date of Event (MM/DD/YYYY): ____/____/_________ Description of Event:________________________________________________ Location of Event:___________________________________________________ City Where Event Held:__________________________________ State_______ Total Cost Total Number of Average Cost of Event divided by Persons Attending = Per Person for Event $__________ divided by ______________ = $______________ Did principal pay for entire cost of the event? Yes______No______ If No, list the principal's share of the total cost of the event: $______________ Summary of Principal's Share of Costs Food/Beverage: $_________ Transportation: $_________ Lodging: $_________ Performers/Speakers: $_________ Rentals/Displays: $_________ Service/Tip: $_________ Other: $_________ Describe "Other":_______________ Total: $_________ (Include this amount in "enter- tainment" expenses in expendi- ture totals.) (Include the total amount in "entertainment" expenses in expenditure totals. If the entertainment event was open to the public or unrelated to executive or legislative action and reportable executive or legislative officials represented less than 10 percent of the attendees, then the total cost of the event need not be reported. However, the total cost of entertaining the reportable officials shall be reported.) Number of Executive and Legislative Officials Attending:_____________ If average cost per person is $50 or more, provide names of executive and administrative officials who attended: Name (Last Name, First Name) Title _____________________________________________ _________________ _____________________________________________ _________________ _____________________________________________ _________________ _____________________________________________ _________________ _____________________________________________ _________________ (Attach separate sheet if necessary.) _____________________________________________________________________ Schedule B Gifts This schedule shall be filled out each time the principal contributes all or part of a gift to an executive or legislative official valued at $50 or more. (Complete this form even if the principal's share of gift was less than $50.) Date of Gift: ___/___/____ Total Cost of Gift: $________________ Did principal's share account for the total value of the gift? Yes______No______ If No, list the principal's share of the cost of the total gift: $ _____________ Description of Gift: _______________________________________________ Recipient Last Name:_______________________________ Suffix:__________ First Name: ________________________ Middle Name:____________________ Recipient's Title: __________________________________________________ Date of Gift: ___/___/____ Total Cost of Gift: $________________ Did principal's share account for the total value of the gift? Yes______No______ If No, list the principal's share of the cost of the total gift: $ _____________ Description of Gift:_________________________________________________ Recipient Last Name: ______________________________ Suffix: _________ First Name: ______________________ Middle Name:______________________ Recipient's Title: __________________________________________________ Date of Gift: __/___/_____ Total Cost of Gift: $__________________ Did principal's share account for the total value of the gift? Yes______No______ If No, list the principal's share of the cost of the total gift: $ _____________ Description of Gift: ________________________________________________ Recipient Last Name: _______________________________ Suffix: ________ First Name: ______________________ Middle Name:______________________ Recipient's Title: __________________________________________________ Schedule C Other Expenses This schedule shall be filled out for each time principal incurred lobbying-related expense of $250 or more that is not covered by line items "a" through "g" in the expenditure totals. Date Description Amount ___/___/____ _______________________________________ $_________ ___/___/____ _______________________________________ $_________ ___/___/____ _______________________________________ $_________ ___/___/____ _______________________________________ $_________ ___/___/____ _______________________________________ $_________ Total (Include total amount to expenditure totals) $_________ D. A person who signs the disclosure statement knowing it to contain a material misstatement of fact shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony. E. Each lobbyist shall send to each legislative and executive official who is required to be identified by name on Schedule A or B of the Lobbyist's Disclosure Form a copy of Schedule A or B or a summary of the information pertaining to that official. Copies or summaries shall be provided to the official by December 15 for the preceding 12-month period complete through November 30. §2.2-428. Standards for automated preparation and transmittal of lobbyists' disclosure statements; database. A. B. The Secretary shall establish a lobbyist disclosure database, available to the public, from required disclosure statements filed electronically and may enter into that database information from required disclosure statements filed by other methods. §2.2-431. Penalties; filing of substituted statement. A. The lobbyist shall sign the disclosure statement prescribed by §2.2-426 attesting to its completeness and accuracy. The Secretary shall review each statement for completeness and accuracy and if a statement is not properly completed, the entire filing shall be rejected and returned to the lobbyist. The lobbyist shall submit a revised statement within 30 days from receipt of the returned statement. B.
Every lobbyist failing to file the statement prescribed by §2.2-426 within the
time prescribed therein shall be assessed a civil penalty of
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