Code of Virginia - Title 2.2 Administration Of Government - Chapter 4 Secretary Of The Commonwealth

2.2-400 Appointment and term of office; filling vacancies; oath
A. The Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, a Secretary of the Commonwealth for a term commencing on the Monday after ...

2.2-401 Ex officio Secretary to Governor; in charge of division of records
The Secretary of the Commonwealth, who shall be ex officio Secretary to the Governor, shall be in direct charge of the division of records. (Code ...

2.2-402 Keeper of seals of Commonwealth; duties generally
The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall (i) be keeper of the seals of the Commonwealth; (ii) keep a record of all executive acts, arrange and ...

2.2-403 Compilation of compacts and related records and reports
The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall conserve a copy of each of the compacts to which the Commonwealth is now or has been a party, ...

2.2-404 Certifying records for use in other states
Whenever any record of any court in the Commonwealth or of any department of the government is to be used in another state in the ...

2.2-405 Secretary of Commonwealth to present list of vacancies to arise on commissions, boards, et...
The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall prepare by the fifteenth of January in each year a list of all vacancies that are scheduled to arise ...

2.2-406 Secretary of Commonwealth to report list of interim appointments requiring confirmation; other appo...
A. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall periodically, during the interim between sessions of the General Assembly, present to the chairmen of the Senate and ...

2.2-406.1 Secretary of Commonwealth to maintain and transfer records on collegial bodies to the Governor-elec...
A. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall maintain an electronic database of collegial bodies to which the Governor makes appointments. The database shall be organized ...

2.2-407 Description unavailable
Reserved. ...

2.2-408 Collection of information relevant to boundary changes from governmental subdivisions of Commonweal...
The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall be responsible for the collection from the governmental subdivisions of the Commonwealth of information relevant to their boundary changes ...

2.2-409 Secretary of the Commonwealth
A. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall charge the following fees for services rendered in his office to be paid by the person for whom ...

2.2-410 Appointment of assistants; deputy to act in absence of Secretary; notice to Governor
A. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall appoint in his office the assistants allowed by law. B. During the absence of the Secretary of the ...

2.2-411 Registration of names or insignia of certain societies, organizations or associations; alteration o...
Any association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military, or veterans' organization, labor union, foundation, federation, or ...

2.2-412 Application for such registration, alteration or cancellation
Application for registration, alteration, or cancellation under this article shall be made by the chief officer of the association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, ...

2.2-413 Registration for benefit of associated branches, etc
Registration shall be for the use, benefit, and on behalf of all associations, degrees, branches, subordinate lodges, and auxiliaries of such associations, lodge, order, fraternal ...

2.2-414 Record of registration; certification of registration; fees
A. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall keep a properly indexed record of the registration provided for by § 2.2-411, which record shall also show ...

2.2-415 Names or insignia not to be imitative
No registration shall be granted or alteration permitted to any association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, ...

2.2-416 Registration of mottoes or slogans of state departments; exemptions
Any state department, division, board, commission, agency or facility owned and operated by the Commonwealth, which develops or creates, or commissions the development or creation ...

2.2-417 Use of registered motto or slogan or recognizable variation thereof; penalty for violatio...
A. Upon registration of a motto or slogan as provided in § 2.2-416, no individual, partnership, association or corporation shall employ such motto or slogan ...

2.2-418 Statement of intent and purposes
The General Assembly finds and declares the following: 1. The operation of open and responsible government requires the fullest opportunity to be afforded to the ...

2.2-419 Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Anything of value" means: 1. A pecuniary item, including money, or a bank ...

2.2-420 Exemptions
The registration and reporting provisions of this article shall not apply to: 1. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and their immediate staffs or the ...

2.2-421 Reporting requirements for certain state agencies
A. The chief administrative officer of each board, department, institution, or agency of the Commonwealth shall file a registration statement with the Secretary of the ...

2.2-422 Registration requirements
A. A lobbyist shall register with the Secretary of the Commonwealth prior to engaging in lobbying. A lobbyist who engages in lobbying entirely outside the ...

2.2-423 Contents of registration statement
A. The registration statement shall be on a form provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and include the following information: 1. The name and ...

2.2-424 Registration fees
The Secretary shall collect an annual registration fee of fifty dollars from the lobbyist for each principal for whom, or on whose behalf, the lobbyist ...

2.2-425 Registration information to be recorded in legislative docket; list of executive official...
A. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall maintain in a legislative docket the information filed under § 2.2-423 pertaining to lobbying involving legislative actions during ...

2.2-426 Lobbyist reporting; penalty
A. Each lobbyist shall file a separate annual report of expenditures, including gifts, for each principal for whom he lobbies by July 1 for the ...

2.2-427 Filings; inspection
Registration statements and lobbying reports shall be open to public inspection and copying during the regular business hours of the office of the Secretary of ...

2.2-428 Standards for automated preparation and transmittal of lobbyists' disclosure statements; databas...
A. The Secretary shall accept any lobbyist's disclosure statement required by § 2.2-426 filed by computer or electronic means in accordance with the standards approved ...

2.2-429 Retention of records by a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal
A lobbyist and a lobbyist's principal shall preserve for a period of two years all accounts, bills, books, papers, receipts, and other documents and records ...

2.2-430 Termination
A lobbyist may terminate a lobbyist registration by filing a report required under § 2.2-426 including information through the last day of lobbying activity. A ...

2.2-431 Penalties; filing of substituted statement
A. Every lobbyist failing to file the statement prescribed by § 2.2-426 within the time prescribed therein shall be assessed a civil penalty of fifty ...

2.2-432 Contingent compensation prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any individual to lobby for compensation that is dependent in any manner upon the outcome of any legislative or executive ...

2.2-433 Prohibited acts; violation a misdemeanor
A. No lobbyist shall: 1. Lobby in violation of the provisions of this article; 2. Make any expenditure, or obligate himself to do so, in ...

2.2-434 Employment of lobbyists prohibited; exceptions
Employment of a lobbyist for compensation by an officer, board, institution or agency of the Commonwealth, is expressly prohibited; however, this section shall not apply ...

2.2-435 Prohibition for state party chairman
The chairman or any full-time paid employee of a state political party, as defined in § 24.2-101, or a member of his immediate family, as ...