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TITLE 2.2. MISCELLANEOUS - ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT.Alternative Dispute Resolution; pilot project. Allows the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to promulgate administrative rules concerning the use of alternative dispute resolution in lieu of the provisions set forth in the Virginia Public Procurement Act concerning procurement protests. The Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth must report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the rules. The pilot project will expire on July 1, 2008. HB 2054; CH. 577. Clerks of court; posting certain information on the Internet; prohibitions. Extends from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2007, the sunset clause prohibiting clerks from posting certain information on a court-controlled website. Circuit court clerks are immunized against suit arising from any acts or omissions related to providing remote access on the Internet so long as the clerk was not grossly negligent and did not engage in willful misconduct. HB 2052; CH. 798. Competitive Government Act; reporting dates. Changes from January 1, 2006, to October 1, 2005, the date by which the report of the commercial activities being performed by state employees at state agencies and institutions must be completed by the Secretary of Administration. The bill also changes from January 1 to October 1 of each biennium the date by which subsequent reports of examination of commercial activities not already examined must be completed. HB 2844; CH. 566. Electronic meetings of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia. Extends from 2005 to 2007 the sunset for the exception to the Freedom of Information Act requirements for holding telephonic or video broadcast meetings that has been accorded to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia. The bill requires University of Virginia to report to the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council on these meetings, in addition to the Secretary of Education and the General Assembly. SB 752; CH. 17. Posting and availability of certain information on the Internet. Clarifies that circuit court clerks may provide secure remote access to any document that is filed among the land records in the circuit court, and also allows the clerks to provide secure remote access by any person and his counsel to documents filed in matters to which such person is a party. "Land records" are defined as those records authorized to be recorded that affect title to real property. Nothing in the revised statute prohibits the Supreme Court or other courts from providing online access to a case management system that may include abstracts of case filings and proceedings in the courts of the Commonwealth. The sunset clause applicable to this section is extended from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2007. SB 1192; CH. 763. Veterans' Care Center; expansion. Authorizes the Governor to request federal funds to expand the capacity of the Veterans' Care Center by an additional 80 beds. Upon receipt of the federal funds, the Treasurer shall advance a no-interest loan of $2.8 million to the Department of Veterans Services for the state share of the expansion. HB 2850; CH. 852.
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