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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 1. Administration
Agency 50. Commission On Local Government
Chapter 20. Organization and Regulations of Procedure
12/31/2025

1VAC50-20-170. Confidentiality of proceedings and submissions.

All testimony, statements, exhibits, documents, or other evidence submitted to the commission by the parties in conjunction with the commission's legally prescribed public meetings, presentations, or hearings shall be subject to disclosure by the commission under the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq. of the Code of Virginia). All other materials, including the testimony, statements, exhibits, documents, or other evidence submitted to the commission during closed statutorily mandated proceedings allowed under 1VAC50-20-160, along with other deliberations, negotiations, or mediation that the commission is authorized by law to conduct under § 15.2-2907 D of the Code of Virginia shall be treated as confidential and shall neither be subject to disclosure by the commission nor by the parties involved in closed statutorily mandated proceedings, except by agreement of the commission and all parties to the proceedings.

Statutory Authority

§ 15.2-2903 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR445-01-02 § 2.6, eff. November 1, 1984; amended, Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 26, eff. October 4, 2006; Volume 42, Issue 8, eff. December 31, 2025.

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