CHAPTER 287

An Act to amend and reenact § 68-68 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to records of local boards of public welfare so as to provide further
access thereto; to prohibit certain uses of information therefrom; to
provide penalties for violations and to repeal § 3 of Chapter 371 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 5, 1950, relating to certain
of the foregoing.

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Approved March 10, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1 That § 63-68 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 63-68. Allowing access to records.—The local boards shall allow
the Commissioner. the executive secretary of the Virginia Commission for
the Blind, and duly authorized agents and employees of each, at all times
to have access to the records of the local boards relating to the appropria-
tion, expenditure and distribution of funds for, and other matters con-
cerning, assistance under this title.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule or regulation in
conflict herewith any citizen shall be afforded access, at the offices of the
local departments of welfare, during office hours, to records of the dis-
bursement of any funds or payments made or approved by the local board
or department or division of public welfare in any county or city upon
signing a request therefor with applicants’ address. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, corporation or association to use any list or names
obtained directly or indirectly through access to such records for commer-
cial or political purposes, or to publish the name of any child receiving
assistance under the provisions of § 68-78 of the Code of Virginia, and
any person violating these provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
punished accordingly.

2. § 8 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April
5, 1950, codified as § 63-67.3 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.