24.2-502 - Statement of economic interests as requirement of candidacy. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-502. Statement of economic interests as requirement of candidacy.

It shall be a requirement of candidacy that a written statement of economicinterests shall be filed by (i) a candidate for Governor, LieutenantGovernor, or Attorney General with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, (ii) acandidate for Senate or House of Delegates with the clerk of the appropriatehouse, (iii) a candidate for a constitutional office with the generalregistrar for the county or city, and (iv) a candidate for member of thegoverning body or elected school board of any county, city, or town with apopulation in excess of 3,500 persons with the general registrar for thecounty or city. The statement of economic interests shall be that specifiedin § 30-111 for candidates for the General Assembly and in § 2.2-3117 for allother candidates. The foregoing requirement shall not apply to a candidatefor reelection to the same office who has met the requirement of annuallyfiling a statement pursuant to § 2.2-3114, § 2.2-3115, or § 30-110.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth, the clerks of the Senate and House ofDelegates, the general registrar, and the clerk of the local governing bodyshall transmit to the State Board, immediately after the filing deadline, alist of the candidates who have filed initial or annual statements ofeconomic interests. The Secretary of the State Board shall notify theappropriate local electoral boards of the filings.

(Code 1950, § 24-132; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-167; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 226;1973, c. 30; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1977, c. 490; 1978, c. 778; 1980, c.639; 1982, c. 650; 1984, c. 480; 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1; 1988, c. 469; 1990,cc. 476, 865; 1991, c. 137; 1993, c. 641.)