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The Lieutenant
Governor plans
for serious
ethics reform
By Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling
Friends –
Over the past few months, a series of
unfortunate events have revealed to us several deficiencies inVirginia’s
current ethics laws. As a result, the confidence of the people ofVirginia
in their state government has been eroded.
This week, I proposed a series of comprehensive reforms to
Virginia’s ethics laws. These changes are designed to enhance
Virginia’s ethics laws and begin the process of restoring the confidence
of the people of Virginia in their state government.
Through theVirginia Mainstream Project, I proposed the following
ethics reforms:
• Banning the receipt of gifts in excess of $250 in aggregate for a
calendar year.
• Expanding gift reporting requirements and limitations to spouses
and dependent family members.
• Requiring the disclosure of additional information regarding
Board memberships, income, investments and loans.
• Prohibiting the use of campaign funds for personal expenditures.
• Prohibiting lawyer legislators from representing clients before
state agencies.
• Prohibiting law firms who are assigned business by the Office
of the Attorney General from making political contributions or
giving gifts to the AG, any candidate for AG, or member of AG’s
staff.
• Creating a statewide Ethics Review Commission to review ethics
related complaints against elected officials and issue advisory
opinions on ethics related issues.
• Additional details can be found here. You can also read about
the proposals in the Washington Post and the Richmond Times-
Dispatch.
This is an election year in Virginia and it is important for
candidates seeking our support to speak out on the important issues
facing our state. I’ve challenged the candidates for Governor to pledge
to implement these proposals for themselves and their staffs through
Executive Order until they can be acted on by the General Assembly.
When I announced the formation of the Virginia Mainstream
Project in June, I indicated that one of our goals was to propose specific
policy solutions to the important issues facing Virginia. These ethics
reform proposals are the first policy proposals released by the Virginia
Mainstream Project.We look forward to sharing additional proposals in
the coming weeks and using them to encourage candidates to support
responsible, common-sense solutions to the challenges we face.
Sincerely,
Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling
Barry Moore
haleybuickgmc.com
9811 Midlothian Turnpike
Richmond, VA 23235
(804) 320-9054
Fax (804) 320-3036
Cell (804) 721-6797
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