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Such system shall be based on merit and professional ability and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, sex, age, disabilities, political affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The personnel system shall consist of rules and regulations that provide for the general administration of personnel matters, a classification plan for employees, a uniform pay plan, and a procedure for resolving grievances of employees as provided by general law for either local government or state government employees.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241129,"text":"Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, general or special, in the Cities of Norfolk, Richmond, or Virginia Beach, the city council, upon receiving any recommendations submitted to it by the city manager, may establish a personnel system for the city administrative officials and employees. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 211<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter 813<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 1137<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66427,"identifier":"15.2-1131","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1131","url":"\/15.2-1131\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1131\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1131","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of personnel system for city administrative officials and employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1131","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law<\/span>, general or special, in the Cities of Norfolk, Richmond, or Virginia Beach, the city<\/span> council<\/span>, upon receiving any recommendations submitted to it by the city<\/span> manager, may establish a personnel system for the city<\/span> administrative officials and employees. Such system shall be based on merit and professional ability and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, sex, age, disabilities, political affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The personnel system shall consist of rules and regulations that provide for the general administration of personnel matters, a classification plan for employees, a uniform pay plan, and a procedure for resolving grievances of employees as provided by general law<\/span> for either local government<\/span> or state government employees.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF PERSONNEL SYSTEM FOR CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS AND\nEMPLOYEES (\u00a7 15.2-1131)\n\nNotwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, general or special, in the\nCities of Norfolk, Richmond, or Virginia Beach, the city council, upon receiving\nany recommendations submitted to it by the city manager, may establish a\npersonnel system for the city administrative officials and employees. Such\nsystem shall be based on merit and professional ability and shall not\ndiscriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, sex, age,\ndisabilities, political affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, or\ngender identity. The personnel system shall consist of rules and regulations\nthat provide for the general administration of personnel matters, a\nclassification plan for employees, a uniform pay plan, and a procedure for\nresolving grievances of employees as provided by general law for either local\ngovernment or state government employees.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 211, \u00a7 15.1-37.10; 2007, c. 813; 2020, c. 1137.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}