A. The Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council (the Council) or the local government attorney shall provide in-person or online training sessions for local elected officials and the executive directors and members of industrial development authorities and economic development authorities, as created by the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act (§ 15.2-4900 et seq.), on the provisions of this chapter.
B. Each local elected official and the executive director and members of each industrial development authority and economic development authority, as created by the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act, shall complete a training session described in subsection A within two months after assuming the local elected office and thereafter at least once during each consecutive period of two calendar years commencing with the date on which he last completed a training session, for as long as he holds such office. No penalty shall be imposed on a local elected official or an executive director or member of an industrial development authority or an economic development authority for failing to complete a training session.
C. The clerk of each governing body or school board shall maintain records indicating the names of elected officials and executive directors and members of industrial development authorities and economic development authorities subject to the training requirements in subsection B and the dates on which each such official completed training sessions satisfying such requirements. Such records shall be maintained for five years in the office of the clerk of the respective governing body or school board.
D. For purposes of this section, "local elected officials" shall include constitutional officers.
2019, c. 531; 2020, cc. 76, 80, 904.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 2.2 - Administration of Government
Chapter 37 - Virginia Freedom of Information Act
§ 2.2-3700. Short title; policy
§ 2.2-3701. (Effective until September 1, 2022) Definitions
§ 2.2-3701. (Effective September 1, 2022) Definitions
§ 2.2-3703.1. Disclosure pursuant to court order or subpoena
§ 2.2-3704.01. Records containing both excluded and nonexcluded information; duty to redact
§ 2.2-3704.2. Public bodies to designate FOIA officer
§ 2.2-3704.3. Training for local officials
§ 2.2-3705.2. Exclusions to application of chapter; records relating to public safety
§ 2.2-3705.5. Exclusions to application of chapter; health and social services records
§ 2.2-3705.6. Exclusions to application of chapter; proprietary records and trade secrets
§ 2.2-3705.8. Limitation on record exclusions
§ 2.2-3706. Disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records; limitations
§ 2.2-3707.01. (Effective until September 1, 2022) Meetings of the General Assembly
§ 2.2-3707.01. (Effective September 1, 2022) Meetings of the General Assembly
§ 2.2-3707.1. Posting of minutes for state boards and commissions
§ 2.2-3707.2. Posting of minutes for local public bodies
§ 2.2-3710. Transaction of public business other than by votes at meetings prohibited
§ 2.2-3711. Closed meetings authorized for certain limited purposes
§ 2.2-3712. Closed meetings procedures; certification of proceedings
§ 2.2-3713. Proceedings for enforcement of chapter
§ 2.2-3714. (Effective until September 1, 2022) Violations and penalties
§ 2.2-3714. (Effective September 1, 2022) Violations and penalties