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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82379,"section_number":"15.2-1414.1","catch_line":"Each member to be paid annual salary","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1414.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75667,"identifier":"15.2-1406","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1\/15.2-1406","url":"\/15.2-1406\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1406\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1\/15.2-1406","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation of governing bodies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1406","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The compensation of governing bodies and their chairmen, vice-chairmen, mayors and vice-mayors shall be determined as provided in Article 1.1 (\u00a7 15.2-1414.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 15.2.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION OF GOVERNING BODIES (\u00a7 15.2-1406)\n\nThe compensation of governing bodies and their chairmen, vice-chairmen, mayors\nand vice-mayors shall be determined as provided in Article 1.1 (\u00a7 15.2-1414.1\net seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 15.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","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}}