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2002 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Nutter
Lt. Governor Office Expense Disclosure (language only)

Item 48 #1h

Item 48 #1h

Executive Offices
Lieutenant Governor

Language
Page 34, after line 34, insert:
"For expenses not otherwise reimbursed as provided in Item 48.3, the Lieutenant Governor shall keep a detailed and separate account of these funds and file an annual disclosure statement accounting for these funds as provided herein.  The Lieutenant Governor shall file his disclosure statement with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.  The disclosure statement shall be filed no later than the date the Lieutenant Governor must file his statement of economic interests with the Secretary of the Commonwealth pursuant to § 2.2-3114, Code of Virginia, and shall account for all expenditures and unexpended balances from the preceding calendar year.  The disclosure statement shall be maintained as a public record for five years in the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office.
The disclosure statement shall be filed on the same form approved by the respective Rules Committee for each house for use by each of its respective members and shall set forth the date and amount of any expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom the expenditure was made, the object or purpose of the expenditure, and any unexpended balance in the account at the close of the year."


Explanation
(This amendment would require the Lieutenant Governor to annually file a disclosure statement detailing how all funds provided as an office allowance were spent in the prior year.)