Presidential visits; expenses of localities and constitutional offices.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about penalties or consequences for non-compliance with the bill's requirements.

Expenses Related to Presidential Visits

This bill requires localities and constitutional officers in Virginia to track, publish on their official websites (if available), and seek reimbursement from the federal government for expenses related to providing security during presidential visits.

What This Bill Does

• Requires each locality to calculate all costs related to providing security for a visit by the President of the United States.
• Localities must ask the federal government for money within 30 days if they spend any money on security and publish these expenses on their official website, if one exists.
• If localities expect future costs for presidential visits, they need to include this in their budget plans.
• Constitutional officers also have to do the same as localities: calculate costs, seek reimbursement from the federal government within 30 days of incurring expenses and publish these on their official website (if one exists).

Who It Names or Affects

• Local governments in Virginia
• Virginia's constitutional officers

Terms To Know

Constitutional officer

An elected official whose position is established by the state constitution, such as the governor or attorney general.

Fiscal year

A period of one year used for budgeting and financial reporting purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if localities do not get reimbursed from the federal government.
• It is unclear how this will affect smaller towns or cities without websites to publish expenses.
• There are no details on penalties for failing to follow these requirements.

Official Summary Text

Expenses of localities and constitutional offices related to presidential visits; publishing unreimbursed expenses; budget.
Requires each locality and constitutional officer to determine all expenses of the locality or office of the constitutional officer, respectively, related to the provision of security for visits to the locality by the President of the United States. The bill specifies that a locality or office of a constitutional officer that incurs such expenses shall seek reimbursement from the appropriate agency of the federal government within 30 days of incurring the expenses and shall concurrently publish such expenses on its official website, if one exists. The bill also requires each locality and constitutional officer that anticipates incurring expenses in the upcoming fiscal year related to the provision of security for visits to the locality by the President of the United States to include the total anticipated expenses in the locality's budget or the constitutional officer's budget request for such fiscal year.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered
15.2-1508.5
and
15.2-1605.3
, relating to localities; constitutional officers; expenses related to presidential visits.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered
15.2-1508.5
and
15.2-1605.3
as follows:

§
15.2-1508.5
.
Expenses
of localities
related to presidential visits; publishing unreimbursed expenses
; budget
.

A.
E
ach
l
ocality shall determine all expenses
of the locality
related to the provision of security for visits
to the locality
by the
President of the United States
.
A
locality that incurs such expenses shall seek reimbursement from the appropriate agency of the federal government within 30 days of incurring the expense
s
and shall
concurrently
publish
a list of such
expenses on its
official
website
, if one exists
.
A locality
shall reg
ularly update such list to indicate whether the expenses have been reimbursed.

B.
E
ach
locality
that anticipates

incurring
expenses
in the upcoming fiscal year

related to the provision of security for visits to the locality by the President of the United States
shall include the total anticipated expense
s
in its budget

for such fiscal year.

§
15.2-1605.3
. Expenses
of constitutional officers
related to presidential visits; publishing unreimbursed expenses
; budget
.

A. E
ach
constitutional officer shall determine all expenses of hi
s
office related to the provision of security for visits to the locality by the President of the United States. A
n office of a constitutional officer
that incurs such expenses shall seek reimbursement from the appropriate agency of the federal government within 30 days of incurring the expense
s
and shall
concurrently publish a list of such expenses on its
official website, if one exists.

The office of a constitutional officer
shall regularly update such list to indicate whether the expenses have been reimbursed.

B. E
ach

constitutional
officer that anticipates
incurring
expenses in the upcoming fiscal year related to the provision of security for visits to the locality by the President of the United States shall include the total anticipated expense
s
in
the
budget
request to the
Compensation Board
for such fiscal year.