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2013-2014 Virginia Freedom of Information Act
Effective date: 7/1/13 - 6/30/14
NOTE: Changes to FOIA effective July 1, 2013, have been incorporated and noted by italics.
7. Investigative notes, correspondence and information furnished in confidence, and records otherwise exempted by this chapter or any Virginia statute, provided to or produced by or for (i) the Auditor of Public Accounts; (ii) the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; (iii) an appropriate authority as defined in § 2.2-3010 with respect to an allegation of wrongdoing or abuse under the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act (§ 2.2-3009 et seq.); (iv) the Office of the State Inspector General with respect to an investigation initiated through the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline or an investigation initiated pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (§2.2-307 et seq.); (v) the committee or the auditor with respect to an investigation or audit conducted pursuant to § 15.2-825; or (vi) the auditors, appointed by the local governing body of any county, city or town or a school board, who by charter, ordinance, or statute have responsibility for conducting an investigation of any officer, department or program of such body. Records of completed investigations shall be disclosed in a form that does not reveal the identity of the complainants or persons supplying information to investigators. Unless disclosure is prohibited by this section, the records disclosed shall include, but not be limited to, the agency involved, the identity of the person who is the subject of the complaint, the nature of the complaint, and the actions taken to resolve the complaint. If an investigation does not lead to corrective action, the identity of the person who is the subject of the complaint may be released only with the consent of the subject person. Local governing bodies shall adopt guidelines to govern the disclosure required by this subdivision.
8. Former (8) deleted; all previous exemptions moved up one. Information furnished in confidence to the Department of Employment Dispute Resolution with respect to an investigation, consultation, or mediation under Chapter 10 (§ 2.2-1000 et seq.), and memoranda, correspondence and other records resulting from any such investigation, consultation or mediation. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the distribution of information taken from inactive reports in a form that does not reveal the identity of the parties involved or other persons supplying information.
13. Records, notes and information provided in confidence and related to an investigation by the Attorney General under Article 5 (§ 3.1-336.1 et seq.) or Article 6 (§ 3.1-336.3 et seq.) of Chapter 18 of Title 3.1, Article 10 (§ 18.2-246.6 et seq.) of Chapter 6 or Chapter 13 (§ 18.2-512 et seq.) of Title 18.2, or Article 1 (§ 58.1-1000) of Chapter 10 of Title 58.1. However, records related to an investigation that has been inactive for more than six months shall, upon request, be disclosed provided such disclosure is not otherwise prohibited by law and does not reveal the identity of charging parties, complainants, persons supplying information, witnesses or other individuals involved in the investigation.
H. (Expires July 1, 2014) An advisory public body, defined as any state public body classified as advisory pursuant to § 2.2-2100 or any committee, subcommittee, or other entity, however designated, of a state public body created to advise the state public body, may meet by electronic communication means without a quorum of the advisory public body being physically assembled at one location, provided (i) the meeting is conducted utilizing a combined audio and visual communication method; (ii) a primary or central meeting location is established and identified in the notice in accordance with subsection C; (iii) the remote locations, from which additional members of the advisory public body participate through the combined audio and visual communication method, are open to the public and are identified in the notice in accordance with subsection C; (iv) all persons attending the meeting at any of the meeting locations shall be afforded the same opportunity to address the advisory public body as persons attending the primary or central location; and (v) all other provisions of this section are met. Any advisory public body holding electronic communication meetings in accordance with this subsection shall make an audiovisual recording of any such meeting, which recording shall be preserved by the advisory public body for a period of three years from the date of the meeting. The recording shall be available to the public for inspection and copying pursuant to § 2.2-3704. Any portion of the meeting that is closed to the public in accordance with this chapter may be recorded, but such recording is not required. Any audiovisual recording of any closed portion of the meeting shall not be subject to mandatory public disclosure.
1. If, on or before the day of a meeting, a member of the public body holding the meeting notifies the chair of the public body that such member is unable to attend the meeting due to an emergency or personal matter and identifies with specificity the nature of the emergency or personal matter, and the public body holding the meeting (a) approves such member’s participation by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting and (b) records in its minutes the specific nature of the emergency or personal matter and the remote location from which the member participated.
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