24.2-946.1 - Standards and requirements for electronic preparation and transmittal of campaign finance disclosure reports; database.
§ 24.2-946.1. Standards and requirements for electronic preparation andtransmittal of campaign finance disclosure reports; database.
A. The State Board shall review or cause to be developed and shall approvestandards for the preparation, production, and transmittal by computer orelectronic means of campaign finance reports required by this chapter. TheState Board may prescribe the method of execution and certification of andthe procedures for receiving electronically filed campaign finance reportsrequired by this chapter in the office of the State Board or any localelectoral board. The State Board may provide campaign finance report-creationsoftware to filers without charge or at a reasonable cost.
B. The State Board shall accept any campaign finance report filed bycandidates for the General Assembly and statewide office by computer orelectronic means in accordance with the standards approved by the Board andusing software meeting standards approved by it. This information shall bemade available to the public promptly by the Board through the Internet.
C. By July 1, 2007, the State Board of Elections shall develop and implementa centralized system to accept reports from any candidate for local orconstitutional office. Such reports shall be filed in accordance with, andusing software that meets, standards approved by the State Board. The StateBoard shall promptly notify the electoral board of the locality in which acandidate resides and make the information contained in the report availableto the electoral board.
D. The State Board shall enter or cause to be entered into a campaign financedatabase, available to the public through the Internet, the information fromrequired campaign finance reports filed by computer, electronic, or othermeans by candidates for the General Assembly and statewide office.
E. Other campaign finance reports required by this chapter to be filed by acommittee with the State Board or a local electoral board, or both, may befiled electronically on terms agreed to by the committee and the Board.
(1996, c. 687, § 24.2-914.1; 1997, cc. 364, 392; 1998, c. 416; 1999, c. 864;2000, cc. 511, 555; 2003, c. 242; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2007, cc. 151, 286.)