15.2-1627.1 - Salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth and assistants.
§ 15.2-1627.1. Salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth and assistants.
A. The annual salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth shall be asprescribed in the general appropriation act, except as otherwise provided in§ 15.2-1636.12.
In cities and counties having a population of more than 35,000 inhabitants,the Compensation Board, in determining the salary for the assistants to theattorney for the Commonwealth, shall consider the provisions of §§ 15.2-1628and 15.2-1630 requiring that such attorneys serve on a full-time basis, andshall also consider the amount of the salaries paid to the assistants to thecity or county attorney of such city or county.
These same factors shall also be considered in determining the salary forassistants to the attorney for the Commonwealth in cities having a populationof more than 17,000 inhabitants, and less than 35,000 inhabitants when thecouncil for such city and the Compensation Board shall concur that theattorney for the Commonwealth and all assistant attorneys for theCommonwealth shall devote full time to their duties, and shall not engage inthe private practice of law.
Any city served by a full-time attorney for the Commonwealth on January 1,1993, under the provisions hereof shall continue to be served by a full-timeattorney for the Commonwealth in the event the population of such city shallhave fallen below the 17,000 population threshold in the most recent U.S.census and shall be administered in the same manner as cities withpopulations in excess of 17,000 but of 35,000 or less. In such jurisdictions,the attorney for the Commonwealth and his assistant attorneys and theirsuccessors in office shall be subject to the requirements regarding full-timeservice and part-time private practice as in effect for such positions onJanuary 1, 1993. No further action by the council of the city or theCompensation Board shall be necessary.
B. Each assistant attorney for the Commonwealth authorized by law, if hisservices shall be deemed necessary by the Compensation Board, shall receivean annual salary which shall not exceed ninety percent of the salary receivedby the attorney for the Commonwealth of his county or city. However, afterJanuary 1, 1980, in cities having a population of more than 35,000inhabitants, the Compensation Board shall not provide any compensation forany assistant attorney for the Commonwealth when the attorney for theCommonwealth for any such city does not serve on a full-time basis or engagesin the practice of law outside of his duties as attorney for the Commonwealth.
(Code 1950, § 14-66; 1950, p. 637; 1952, c. 566; 1954, cc. 648, 662; 1956, c.630; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-53; 1966, c. 279; 1970, c. 551; 1972, c. 215; 1973,c. 126; 1974, c. 429; 1976, c. 689; 1977, c. 623; 1980, c. 588; 1981, c. 415;1983, c. 600; 1989, c. 293; 1993, cc. 446, 620; 1998, c. 872.)