Bill Text: VA SB667 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Governor; absolute pardons shall not be posted by DLAS on its website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-29 - Tabled in Rules by voice vote [SB667 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SB667-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 667 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rules on February 5, 2016) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Black) A BILL to amend and reenact §30-34.15 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Article V, Section 12 of the Constitution of Virginia; publishing pardons by the Governor.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §30-34.15 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§30-34.15. Submission of reports and executive summaries to the legislative branch.

A. Any Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection E, any report required or requested by law or resolution to be submitted to the General Assembly shall be submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems in a written or electronic format as provided in the procedures for the processing of legislative documents. Such submission shall satisfy the requirement for communication to the General Assembly.

B. Any report required or requested by law or resolution to be submitted to any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or to the chairman or agency head of such entity shall also be submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems in a written or electronic format as provided in the procedures for the processing of legislative documents and reports.

C. The reports submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems shall include an executive summary. The Division shall post the executive summary and the report on the website of the General Assembly and develop a notification process to inform interested persons of such postings. Any requirement for a separate executive summary may be satisfied by the submission of a report in a written or electronic format with an executive summary.

D. The Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems and the publishing authority may enter into agreements to provide equivalent access to the report or the information contained in the report and such access shall satisfy the submission requirement of this section.

E. Absolute pardons granted by the Governor shall not be posted by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems on its website.

F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the release of information otherwise held confidential by law.