15.2-1609.7 - Salaries and expense allowances to be paid by Commonwealth.
§ 15.2-1609.7. Salaries and expense allowances to be paid by Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth shall pay the salaries and expense allowances of suchsheriffs and their full-time deputies, and of the compensation and expenseallowances of their part-time deputies, fixed as provided except thatbeginning July 1, 1982, such payments to any eligible county or newly formedcity under the provisions of Chapter 39 (§ 15.2-3900 et seq.) or Chapter 35(§ 15.2-3500 et seq.) of this title, which elects to receive statelaw-enforcement assistance in accordance with the terms of Article 8 (§9.1-165) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 shall be reduced by an amount equal to thesalaries and expense allowances of its law-enforcement deputy sheriffs or theamount of state assistance to be received by the county or newly formed cityunder the provisions of Chapter 39 (§ 15.2-3900 et seq.) or Chapter 35 (§15.2-3500 et seq.) of this title, pursuant to Article 8 (§ 9.1-165) ofChapter 1 of Title 9.1, whichever is the lesser. Such salaries shall be paidin equal monthly installments and the expense allowances shall be paidmonthly when the amount thereof is established as hereinabove provided,except that the Board may provide advance payments on a monthly pro ratabasis to any county or city and adjust subsequent monthly advances based onactual expenditures incurred in the preceding month. Notwithstanding theprovisions of this section, the General Assembly, through the generalappropriation act, may allow any locality receiving a 100 percentapportionment of law-enforcement assistance to continue to receive such fullapportionments.
(Code 1950, § 14-91; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-79; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1972,c. 564; 1979, c. 83; 1981, c. 485; 1983, c. 326; 1986, c. 235; 1998, c. 872.)