Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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HB2868: Deputies; number of full-time appointed by sheriff of county without police force to be fixed.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1609.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1609.1. Number of deputies.
Except as provided in § 15.2-1603, the respective number of
full-time deputies appointed by the sheriff of a county or city shall be fixed
by the Compensation Board after receiving such any recommendation
of the board of supervisors of the county or the council of the city, as the
case may be, as the board of supervisors or city council may desire to make.
Such recommendation, if any, shall be made to the Compensation Board on or
before April 1 of each year. In any locality with a police force, the number of
full-time deputies shall be fixed at not less than two. In any
county without a police force, upon the request of the board of supervisors of
such county, the number of such law-enforcement deputies shall be fixed at not
less than one such deputy for each 1,500 population in such county excluding
the population served by state educational institution police departments if
the sheriff's department does not provide the majority of the law-enforcement
activities to such population according to uniform crime reports compiled by
the Department of State Police; however, the number of
deputies shall be fixed at not less than 10 for any county without a police
force. The Compensation Board shall also consider any agreement
the sheriff may have pursuant to § 15.2-1726 and any obligation he may have
pursuant to this section to provide law enforcement for towns in fixing the
number of deputies. The governing body of any county or city may employ a
greater number of law-enforcement deputies than fixed by the Compensation
Board, provided that the county or city shall pay the total compensation and
all employer costs for such additional deputies.
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