Virginia SB 463: Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board.

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VIRGINIAACTSOFASSEMBLY--2024SESSION
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An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-204, 2.2-211, 19.2-389, 54.1-4400, 54.1-4402, 54.1-4403,
54.1-4407, 54.1-4412.1, 54.1-4413.4, 54.1-4421, and 54.1-4425 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal
§54.1-4420 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Accountancy; powers and duties.
[S463]
ApprovedApril8,2024
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2.2-204, 2.2-211, 19.2-389, 54.1-4400, 54.1-4402, 54.1-4403, 54.1-4407, 54.1-4412.1,
54.1-4413.4, 54.1-4421, and 54.1-4425 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as
follows:
§2.2-204. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional duties.
The position of Secretary of Commerce and Trade (the Secretary) is created. The Secretary shall be
responsible to the Governor for the following agencies: Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Authority, Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority, Virginia International Trade
Corporation, Virginia Tourism Authority, Department of Energy, Department of Housing and
Community Development, Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Virginia Housing
Development Authority, and Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, and Board of Accountancy.
The Governor, by executive order, may assign any state executive agency to the Secretary, or reassign
any agency listed in this section to another Secretary.
The Secretary shall implement the provisions of the Virginia Biotechnology Research Act (§ 2.2-5500
et seq.).
§2.2-211. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional powers.
A. The position of Secretary of Finance (the Secretary) is created. The Secretary shall be responsible
for the following agencies: Department of Accounts, Department of Planning and Budget, Department of
Taxation, Department of the Treasury, Board of Accountancy, and Virginia Resources Authority. The
Governor, by executive order, may assign any other state executive agency to the Secretary of Finance,
or reassign any agency listed.
B. To the greatest extent practicable, the agencies assigned to the Secretary shall pay all amounts due
and owing by the Commonwealth through electronic transfers of funds from the general fund or
appropriate special fund to the bank account of the payee or a party identified by law to receive funds
on behalf of the payee. All wire transfer costs associated with the electronic transfer shall be paid by the
payee subject to exemptions authorized by the State Treasurer affecting the investment, debt, and
intergovernmental transactions of the Commonwealth and its agencies, institutions, boards, and
authorities.
§19.2-389. Dissemination of criminal history record information.
A. Criminal history record information shall be disseminated, whether directly or through an
intermediary, only to:
1. Authorized officers or employees of criminal justice agencies, as defined by § 9.1-101, for
purposes of the administration of criminal justice and the screening of an employment application or
review of employment by a criminal justice agency with respect to its own employees or applicants, and
dissemination to the Virginia Parole Board, pursuant to this subdivision, of such information on all
state-responsible inmates for the purpose of making parole determinations pursuant to subdivisions 1, 2,
3, 4, and 6 of § 53.1-136 shall include collective dissemination by electronic means every 30 days. For
purposes of this subdivision, criminal history record information includes information sent to the Central
Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to §§ 37.2-819 and 64.2-2014 when disseminated to any full-time
or part-time employee of the State Police, a police department or sheriff's office that is a part of or
administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, and who is responsible for the
prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic or highway laws of the
Commonwealth for the purposes of the administration of criminal justice;
2. Such other individuals and agencies that require criminal history record information to implement
a state or federal statute or executive order of the President of the United States or Governor that
expressly refers to criminal conduct and contains requirements or exclusions expressly based upon such
conduct, except that information concerning the arrest of an individual may not be disseminated to a
noncriminal justice agency or individual if an interval of one year has elapsed from the date of the
arrest and no disposition of the charge has been recorded and no active prosecution of the charge is
pending;
3. Individuals and agencies pursuant to a specific agreement with a criminal justice agency to provide
services required for the administration of criminal justice pursuant to that agreement which shall

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specifically authorize access to data, limit the use of data to purposes for which given, and ensure the
security and confidentiality of t