24.2-948.3 - Compliance with reporting requirements of campaign finance disclosure act as requirement of candidacy for certain offices.
§ 24.2-948.3. Compliance with reporting requirements of campaign financedisclosure act as requirement of candidacy for certain offices.
A. It shall be a requirement of candidacy in any election for statewideoffice or the General Assembly that the candidate shall have filed thedisclosure reports required by this chapter for any election in which heparticipated as a candidate for any such office and which was held within thefive years preceding the date of the election in which he seeks to be acandidate. For the purposes of this section, the candidate shall be presumedto have complied with the candidate disclosure reporting requirements unless(i) the State Board or local electoral board, whichever is appropriate, hasnotified the candidate, at least 60 days prior to the applicable deadline forhim to file his written statement of qualification set out in § 24.2-503,that he has failed to file a required report or reports and (ii) thecandidate fails to file the specified report or reports by the applicabledeadline for filing his written statement of qualification.
B. The authority of the State Board to grant an extension of the deadlineestablished in § 24.2-503 shall include the authority to grant such extensionwith respect to the requirements of this section.
(1994, c. 752, § 24.2-503.1; 2006, cc. 787, 892.)