Effect of advisory opinions from the Freedom of Information Advisory Council on liability for willful and knowing violations

Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-3715
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Any officer, employee, or member of a public body who is alleged to have committed a willful and knowing violation pursuant to § 2.2-3714 shall have the right to introduce at any proceeding a copy of a relevant advisory opinion issued pursuant to § 30-179 as evidence that he did not willfully and knowingly commit the violation if the alleged violation resulted from his good faith reliance on the advisory opinion. 2019, c. 354 .
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