Bill Text: VA HB710 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Local officials; travel expenses to be paid from public funds that are anticipated to exceed $2,500.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns [HB710 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB710-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 710 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 9, 2024 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-1406.1, relating to travel expenses of local officials. ---------- Patron-- Webert ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-1406.1 as follows:

§15.2-1406.1. Travel expenses; local officials.

A. For purposes of this section:

"Local official" means a member of a local governing body, the chief administrative officer of a locality and his deputies, and department heads of a locality.

B. Any travel expense of a local official to be paid from public funds that is anticipated to exceed $2,500 shall be subject to approval in advance by a vote of the local governing body in an open meeting. If the final travel expense exceeds the previously approved amount, such expense shall be reported to the governing body and noted in the meeting agenda or meeting minutes within 60 days of the determination.