24.2-948.2 - Reports as condition to qualification for office. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-948.2. Reports as condition to qualification for office.

A. No person shall be permitted to qualify for any office, enter upon theduties thereof, or receive any salary or emoluments therefrom until he hasfiled the campaign finance reports required in subdivisions A 3 through A 9of § 24.2-947.6; subdivisions A 3 through A 6 of § 24.2-947.7; andsubdivisions B 1 and B 2 of § 24.2-947.8, as applicable; and a final reportif required by subsection C of § 24.2-948.1; and has responded to andcomplied with any notice that additional information is required to completea report in compliance with § 24.2-953.3. No person shall be permitted toqualify for any office, enter upon the duties thereof, or receive any salaryor emoluments therefrom until he has paid any civil penalty and returned anycontribution required to be returned pursuant to § 24.2-953.5. No officerauthorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to issue certificates of electionshall issue one to any person determined to be elected to any such office,until copies of the reports cited above have been filed as required in thisarticle.

B. Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection A, a person who is electedto fill a vacancy at a special election held on a general election day mayqualify for the office and be issued a certificate of election in advance offiling the postelection report required to be filed under subdivision A 9 of§ 24.2-947.6 in the case of a November election, or under subdivision A 6 of§ 24.2-947.7 in the case of a May election, upon the filing of a postelectionreport complete through the election day.

(1970, c. 462, § 24.1-260; 1972, c. 620; 1982, c. 650; 1986, c. 558; 1988, c.734; 1993, c. 641, § 24.2-922; 1995, c. 785; 1999, c. 120; 2005, c. 384;2006, cc. 771, 787, 805, 892; 2008, c. 650.)