On March 10, 2008, the Virginia Governor signed SB 532 which requires each individual member of the Loudoun County board of supervisors, planning commission, and board of zoning appeals in any proceeding before each such body involving an application for a special exception or variance or involving an application for amendment of a zoning ordinance map, which does not constitute the adoption of a comprehensive zoning plan, an ordinance applicable throughout the locality, or an application filed by the board of supervisors that involves more than 10 parcels that are owned by different individuals, trusts, corporations, or other entities, to, prior to any hearing on the matter or at such hearing, make a full public disclosure of any business or financial relationship that such member has, or has had within the 12-month period prior to such hearing, (i) with the applicant in such case; (ii) with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of the land that is the subject of the application, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10 percent or more of the units in the condominium; (iii) if any of the foregoing is a trustee (other than a trustee under a corporate mortgage or deed of trust securing one or more issues of corporate mortgage bonds), with any trust beneficiary having an interest in such land; or (iv) with the agent, attorney, or real estate broker of any of the foregoing.
The new law is reportedly limited to Loudoun County in an effort to get the legislation enacted without delay.
Chap. 532 of the Laws of 2008. The text of the new law can be accessed at: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+SB532ER
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