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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1-13.32, 2.1-51.47, 13.1-604, 13.1-804, 13.1-1003, 17.1-258, 50-73.17, 50-73.83, and 58.1-9 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 59.1 a chapter numbered 43, consisting of sections numbered 59.1-501 through 59.1-520; and to repeal § 2.1-7.4 and Chapter 39 (§§ 59.1-467, 59.1-468, and 59.1-469) of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia, creating the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. [H 499] Approved
1. That §§ 1-13.32, 2.1-51.47, 13.1-604, 13.1-804, 13.1-1003, 17.1-258, 50-73.17, 50-73.83, and 58.1-9 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Title 59.1 a chapter numbered 43, consisting of sections numbered 59.1-501 through 59.1-520, as follows:
§ 1-13.32. Written; writing; writings; in writing.
The words "written," "writing," "writings," and "in writing" shall include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Chapter 39 (§ 59.1-467 et seq.) 43 (§ 59.1-501 et seq.) of Title 59.1 is or is not affixed.
§ 2.1-51.47. Secretary to function as Chief Information Officer; powers and duties.
A. The Secretary of Technology shall function as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Commonwealth. In addition to his powers and duties as Secretary of Technology, the CIO shall have the following general powers:
1. Employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
2. Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of his duties and execution of his powers, including but not limited to contracts with the United States, other state agencies, institutions of higher education, and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.
3. Accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, the CIO shall have the power to comply with such conditions and execute such agreements as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable.
4. Prescribe rules and regulations necessary or incidental to the performance of his duties or execution of his powers.
5. Exercise such powers and perform such duties as are conferred or imposed upon him by law or required of him by the Governor.
B. The CIO shall have the following powers and duties concerning the planning, budgeting, acquiring, using, disposing, managing, and administering of information technology in the Commonwealth:
1. Monitor trends and advances in information technology; direct and approve a comprehensive, statewide, four-year planning process; and plan for the acquisition, management, and use of information technology. The statewide plan shall be updated annually and submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. In developing and updating such plans, the CIO shall consider, at a minimum, the advice and recommendations of the Council on Technology Services created in § 2.1-51.48.
2. Require state agencies and institutions of higher education to prepare and submit information technology plans to the CIO. The CIO shall have the authority to approve and recommend amendments to such plans upon review and recommendation by the Department of Technology Planning (DTP). All state agencies and institutions of higher education shall maintain current information technology plans that have been approved by the CIO.
3. Direct the formulation and promulgation of policies, standards, specifications, and guidelines for information technology in the Commonwealth, including, but not limited to, those (i) required to support state and local government exchange, acquisition, storage, use, sharing, and distribution of geographic or base map data and related technologies and (ii) concerning the development of electronic transactions including the use of electronic signatures as provided in § 59.1-469 59.1-518.
4. Direct the development of policies and procedures, in consultation with the Department of Planning and Budget, which are integrated into the Commonwealth's strategic planning and performance budgeting processes, and which state agencies and institutions of higher education shall follow in developing information technology plans and technology-related budget requests. Such policies and procedures shall require consideration of the contribution of current and proposed technology expenditures to the support of agency and institution priority functional activities, as well as current and future operating expenses, and shall be utilized by all state agencies and institutions of higher education in preparing budget requests.
5. Review budget requests for information technology from state agencies and institutions of higher education and recommend budget priorities to the Department of Planning and Budget.
6. Direct the development of policies and procedures for review by the Department of Technology Planning of technology procurements, agreements, or contracts for amounts exceeding $100,000. The Department of Technology Planning shall report monthly to the Secretary on all such reviews. The Secretary may delegate approval of such procurements to the Department of Technology Planning; however, approval of procurements in excess of one million dollars shall not be delegated by the Secretary.
7. Disapprove procurements that, on the recommendation of the Department of Technology Planning, do not conform to the statewide information technology plan or to the individual plans of state agencies or institutions of higher education.
8. Direct the development of policies and procedures for the effective management of technology investments throughout their entire life cycle, including, but not limited to, project definition, procurement, development, implementation, operation, performance evaluation, and enhancement or retirement. Such policies and procedures shall include, at a minimum, the periodic review by the Secretary of the execution of agency and institution of higher education technology projects estimated to cost one million dollars or more. The Secretary shall be authorized to direct the modification, suspension, or cessation of any such project which, as the result of a periodic review, has not met the milestones and performance measures agreed to by the Secretary and the sponsoring agency or institution. This shall not supersede the responsibility of a board of visitors for the management and operation of an institution of higher education.
9. Direct the establishment of statewide standards for the efficient exchange of electronic information and technology, including infrastructure, between the public and private sectors in the Commonwealth.
10. Oversee and administer the Virginia Technology Infrastructure Fund created in § 9-145.52.
11. Undertake or cause to be undertaken a periodic benchmarking analysis of data center and telecommunications resources and services performed at or provided by agencies and institutions.
12. Evaluate the feasibility of outsourcing information technology resources and services and outsource those resources and services which would be beneficial to the Commonwealth.
13. Report annually to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science created pursuant to § 30-85 on the use and application of information technology by state agencies and institutions of higher education to increase economic efficiency, citizen convenience, and public access to state government and to assist the Commission in its effort to stimulate, encourage, and promote the development of technology in the Commonwealth and sound public policies related thereto.
C. As used in this chapter, "information technology" includes telecommunications, automated data processing, word processing, the global information system known as the Internet, management information systems, and related information, equipment, goods, and services. It is in the interest of the Commonwealth that its institutions of higher education be in the forefront of developments in technology. Therefore the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to hamper the pursuit of the missions of the institutions in instruction and research.
§ 13.1-604. Filing requirements.
F. The document shall be executed in the name of the corporation:
G. Any annual report required to be filed by § 13.1-775 shall be executed in the name of the corporation by an officer or director listed in the report.
H. The person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite his signature his name and the capacity in which he signs. Any signature may be a facsimile. The document may but need not contain the corporate seal; an attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary; and an acknowledgment, verification, or proof.
J. The document shall be delivered to the Commission for filing and shall be accompanied by the required filing fee, and any franchise tax, charter or entrance fee or registration fee required by this chapter or by § 13.1-775.1.
K. The Commission may accept the electronic filing of any information required or permitted to be filed by this chapter and may prescribe the methods of execution, recording, reproduction and certification of electronically filed information pursuant to § 59.1-518.
1. By the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, or the president, or any other of its officers authorized to act on behalf of the corporation;
G. Any annual report required to be filed by § 13.1-936 shall be executed in the name of the corporation by an officer or director listed in the report.
H. The person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite his signature his name and the capacity in which he signs. Any signature may be a facsimile. The document may but need not contain:
1. The corporate seal;
2. An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary;
3. An acknowledgment, verification, or proof.
J. The document shall be delivered to the Commission for filing and shall be accompanied by the required filing fee, and any charter or entrance fee or registration fee required by this chapter or by § 13.1-936.1.
K. The Commission may accept the electronic filing of any information required or permitted to be filed by this chapter and may prescribe the methods of execution, recording, reproduction and certification of electronically filed information pursuant § 59.1-518.
§ 13.1-1003. Filing requirements.
E. The document shall be in the English language. A limited liability company name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals. The articles of organization, duly authenticated by the official having custody of the applicable records in the state or country under whose law the limited liability company is formed, which are required of foreign limited liability companies, need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation.
F. The document shall be executed in the name of the limited liability company:
1. By any manager, or if no managers have been selected, by any member of the limited liability company;
2. If the limited liability company has not been formed, by the person forming the limited liability company; or
3. If the limited liability company is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.
G. The person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite his signature his name and the capacity in which he signs. Any signature may be a facsimile.
J. The Commission may accept the electronic filing of any information required or permitted to be filed by this chapter and may prescribe the methods of execution, recording, reproduction and certification of electronically filed information pursuant to § 59.1-518.
§ 17.1-258. (Effective until July 1, 2004) Signature; when effective as originals.
If the sender of an electronically filed document files an affidavit of authenticity along with the electronic filing and the electronic transmission bears a facsimile or printing of the required signature, electronic signature pursuant to § 59.1-469 59.1-518 or unique electronic identification, any statutory requirement for an original signature shall be deemed to be satisfied. Any reproduction of the electronically filed document must bear a copy of the signature. The electronically reproduced document shall be accepted as the signature document for all court-related purposes unless the original with the original signature affixed is requested by motion of one or more parties to a pending action or is otherwise required by law. If the court grants the motion of a party, the order shall provide that the original be filed with the court.
§ 50-73.17. Filing; fees.
A. One signed copy of the certificate of limited partnership, of any certificate of amendment or cancellation, of any restated certificate of limited partnership or of any articles of merger shall be delivered to the Commission for filing and shall be accompanied by the required filing fee. One signed copy of any amended and restated certificate referred to in § 50-73.77 plus one photocopy for each circuit court where the certificate of limited partnership was originally filed shall be delivered to the Commission for filing and shall be accompanied by the required filing fee. The certificate shall be in the English language and shall be typewritten or printed in black ink. Photocopies or other reproduced copies of typewritten or printed certificates may be filed. In every case, information in the document shall be legible and the document shall be capable of being reformatted and reproduced in copies of archival quality.
If, pursuant to any provision of this chapter, the Commission has prescribed a mandatory form for the document, the document shall be in or on the prescribed form. A person who executes a certificate as an agent or fiduciary need not exhibit evidence of his authority as a prerequisite to filing. If the Commission finds that the certificate complies with the provisions of this chapter, that it has been signed as required by this chapter, and that the required filing fee has been paid, it shall endorse on the certificate the word "Filed" and the day, month and year of the filing thereof and admit the certificate to record in its office. A signature on any document filed under this chapter may be a facsimile.
The Commission may accept the electronic filing of any information required or permitted to be filed by this chapter and may prescribe the methods of execution, recording, reproduction and certification of electronically filed information pursuant to § 59.1-518.
B. Upon the filing with the Commission of a certificate of amendment, the certificate of limited partnership shall be amended as set forth therein, and upon the effective date of a certificate of cancellation the certificate of limited partnership is canceled.
C. The Commission shall charge and collect the following fees:
1. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be ten dollars:
a. An application to reserve or to renew the reservation of a name for use by a domestic or a foreign limited partnership;
b. A notice of the transfer of a name reserved for the use by a domestic or a foreign limited partnership;
c. A certificate of cancellation with respect to either a domestic or a foreign limited partnership;
d. A certificate declaring withdrawal referred to in § 50-73.25;
e. A certificate of correction referred to in § 50-73.57;
f. An instrument of merger referred to in § 50-73.57:2.
2. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be $100:
a. A certificate of limited partnership referred to in § 50-73.11 or § 50-73.11:1;
b. An application for registration as a foreign limited partnership;
c. An amended and restated certificate of limited partnership referred to in § 50-73.77.
3. For filing any one of the following, the fee shall be fifty dollars:
a. A certificate of amendment or a short form of such certificate;
b. A restated certificate of limited partnership.
4. For filing articles of merger referred to in § 50-73.48:3, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars.
5. For issuing a certificate pursuant to § 50-37.3, the fee shall be six dollars.
§ 50-73.83. Execution, filing, and recording of statements.
A. A statement may be filed with the Commission. A duly authenticated copy of a statement that is filed in an office in another state may be filed with the Commission. Either filing has the effect provided in this chapter with respect to partnership property located in or transactions that occur in this Commonwealth.
B. A duly authenticated copy of a statement that has been filed with the Commission and recorded in the office for recording transfers of real property has the effect provided for recorded statements in this chapter. A recorded statement that is not a duly authenticated copy of a statement filed with the Commission does not have the effect provided for recorded statements in this chapter.
C. A statement filed by a partnership shall be executed by at least two partners. Other statements shall be executed by a partner or other person authorized by this chapter. An individual who executes a statement as, or on behalf of, a partner or other person named as a partner in a statement shall personally declare under penalty of perjury that the contents of the statement are accurate. Any person may execute a statement by an attorney-in-fact.
D. A person authorized by this chapter to file a statement may amend or cancel the statement by filing an amendment or cancellation that names the partnership, identifies the statement, and states the substance of the amendment or cancellation.
E. A person who files a statement pursuant to this section shall promptly send a copy of the statement to every nonfiling partner and to any other person named as a partner in the statement. Failure to send a copy of a statement to a partner or other person does not limit the effectiveness of the statement as to a person not a partner.
F. The Commission shall charge and collect the following fees:
1. The fee shall be $100 for any one of the following:
a. For filing a statement of registration as a registered limited liability partnership;
b. For filing a statement of registration as a foreign registered limited liability partnership; or
c. A reinstatement fee for restoration of status pursuant to subdivision F 1 of § 50-73.134.
2. The fee shall be fifty dollars for filing any one of the following:
a. An amendment to a statement of registration as a registered limited liability partnership;
b. An amendment to a statement of registration as a foreign registered limited liability partnership; or
c. An annual report pursuant to § 50-73.134.
3. For filing any other statement or amendment thereto or cancellation thereof, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars.
The fees paid into the state treasury under this section shall be set aside and paid into the special fund created under § 13.1-775.1, subject to that section.
The court responsible for recording transfers of real property may collect a fee for recording a statement.
G. The Commission may provide forms for statements.
H. Any statement filed with the Commission under this chapter shall be typewritten or printed. The typewritten or printed portion shall be in black. Photocopies, or other reproduced copies, of typewritten or printed statements may be filed. In every case, information in the statement shall be legible and the document shall be capable of being reformatted and reproduced in copies of archival quality. The statement shall be in the English language. A partnership name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals. Any signature on a statement may be a facsimile.
I. The Commission may accept the electronic filing of any information required or permitted to be filed under this chapter and may prescribe the methods of execution, recording, reproduction and certification of electronically filed information pursuant to § 59.1-518.
J. A statement shall be effective at the time of the filing of the statement with the Commission as set forth in this section unless the statement states that it shall become effective at a later time and date specified in the statement. In that event, the statement shall become effective at the earlier of the time and date so specified or 11:59 p.m. on the fifteenth day after the date on which the statement is filed with the Commission.
§ 58.1-9. Filing of tax returns or payment of taxes by mail or otherwise.
A. When remittance of a tax return or a tax payment is made by mail, receipt of such return or payment by the person with whom such return is required to be filed or to whom such payment is required to be made, in a sealed envelope bearing a postmark on or before midnight of the day such return is required to be filed or such payment made without penalty or interest, shall constitute filing and payment as if such return had been filed or such payment made before the close of business on the last day on which such return may be filed or such tax may be paid without penalty or interest.
C. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Tax Commissioner may allow the electronic filing of any state tax return, statement or document. For purposes of this subsection, the Tax Commissioner may determine alternative methods for the signing, subscribing or verifying of a state tax return, statement or document that shall have the same validity and consequences as the actual signing by the taxpayer. The Tax Commissioner may prescribe methods of execution, recording, reproduction and certification of electronically filed information pursuant § 59.1-518.
CHAPTER 43. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT.
§ 59.1-501. Title.
§ 59.1-502. Definitions.
(4) “Contract” means the total legal obligation resulting from the parties’ agreement as affected by this chapter and other applicable law.
(9) “Information” means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, databases, or the like.
(10) “Information processing system” means an electronic system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, or processing information.
(11) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public body, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(12) "Public body" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 2.1-341.
(15) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian tribe or band, or an Alaskan native village, which is recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state.
(16) “Transaction” means an action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs.
§ 59.1-503. Scope.
(2) Title 8.1 except §§ 8.1-107 and 8.1-206, Title 8.3A, Title 8.4, Title 8.4A, Title 8.5A, Title 8.6A, Title 8.7, Title 8.8A, Title 8.9, Title 8.10, and Title 8.11; and
(3) Article 4 (§ 17.1-255 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 17.1.
§ 59.1-504. Prospective application.
§ 59.1-505. Use of electronic records and electronic signatures; variation by agreement.
(b) This chapter applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties’ conduct. Except for a separate and optional agreement the primary purpose of which is to authorize a transaction to be conducted by electronic means, an agreement to conduct a transaction electronically may not be contained in a standard form contract unless that term is conspicuously displayed and separately consented to. An agreement to conduct a transaction electronically may not be inferred solely from the fact that a party has used electronic means to pay an account or register a purchase warranty. This subsection may not be varied by agreement.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the effect of any of the provisions of this chapter may be varied by agreement. The presence in this chapter of the words “unless otherwise agreed,” or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement.
§ 59.1-506. Construction and application.
§ 59.1-507. Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts.
§ 59.1-508. Provision of information in writing; presentation of records.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(2), the record shall be sent, communicated, or transmitted by the method specified in the other law.
§ 59.1-509. Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature.
§ 59.1-510. Effect of change or error.
(3) If neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of mistake, and the parties’ contract, if any.
§ 59.1-511. Notarization and acknowledgment.
§ 59.1-512. Retention of electronic record.
§ 59.1-513. Admissibility of evidence.
§ 59.1-514. Automated transactions.
§ 59.1-515. Time and place of sending and receipt.
§ 59.1-516. Transferable records.
(d) Except as otherwise agreed, a person having control of a transferable record is the holder, as defined in § 8.1-201 (20), of the transferable record and has the same rights and defenses as a holder of an equivalent record or writing under Titles 8.1 through 8.11, including, if the applicable statutory requirements under §§ 8.3A-302 (a), 8.7-501, or § 8.9-308 are satisfied, the rights and defenses of a holder in due course, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated, or a purchaser, respectively. Delivery, possession, and indorsement are not required to obtain or exercise any of the rights under this subsection.
(e) Except as otherwise agreed, an obligor under a transferable record has the same rights and defenses as an equivalent obligor under equivalent records or writings under Titles 8.1 through 8.11.
§ 59.1-517. Creation and retention of electronic records and conversion of written records by public bodies of the Commonwealth.
§ 59.1-518. Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by public bodies; electronic filing of information permitted.
(a) Except as otherwise provided § 59.1-512 (f), and upon providing protection to preserve security and confidentiality, public bodies of the Commonwealth may (i) accept the electronic filing or any information required or permitted to be filed with such public body and (ii) prescribe the methods of executing, recording, reproducing, and certifying electronically filed information pursuant to subsection (b). Unless otherwise provided for in the Code of Virginia, electronic filing in the courts of this Commonwealth shall be governed by the Rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Virginia.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in § 59.1-512 (f), this chapter does not require public bodies of the Commonwealth to use or permit the use of electronic records or signatures.
§ 59.1-519. Interoperability.
A public body of the Commonwealth which adopts standards pursuant to § 59.1-518 and the Secretary of Technology may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other public bodies of the Commonwealth, other states and the federal government and nongovernmental persons interacting with public bodies of the Commonwealth. If appropriate, those standards may specify differing levels of standards from which public bodies of the Commonwealth may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application.
§ 59.1-520. Reserved.
2. That § 2.1-7.4 and Chapter 39 (§§ 59.1-467, 59.1-468, and 59.1-469) of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia are repealed.