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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 221 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. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1990, chapters 63 and 854; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73329,"section_number":"15.2-1426","catch_line":"Form of ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1426\/"},{"id":65433,"section_number":"15.2-1427","catch_line":"Adoption of ordinances and resolutions generally; amending or repealing ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1427\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152897,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82354,"identifier":"15.2-1414.3","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1.1\/15.2-1414.3","url":"\/15.2-1414.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1414.3\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1.1\/15.2-1414.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Alternative procedure for establishing salaries of boards of supervisors; limits; fringe benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1414.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In lieu of other provisions of law<\/span>, the boards of supervisors<\/span> of the several counties may establish annually, by ordinance<\/span>, and pay in monthly installments each of their members an annual salary pursuant to the following procedure and schedule:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> On a date determined by the board of supervisors<\/span>, not earlier than May 1 nor later than June 30 each year, the board, after public hearing<\/span> pursuant to notice in the manner and form provided in §§ 15.2-1426<\/a> and 15.2-1427<\/a>, shall establish by ordinance<\/span> the salary of its members for the ensuing fiscal year not to exceed the maximums herein set out. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Counties within the following population brackets shall be allowed to set salaries for board members not to exceed the following amounts:\n\t\t\tThe maximum annual salaries herein provided may be adjusted in any year or years, by ordinance<\/span> as above provided, by an inflation factor not to exceed five percent. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any board of supervisors<\/span> may fix, by ordinance<\/span> as above provided, annually an additional sum to be paid as hereinabove provided to the chairman and vice-chairman of the board not to exceed $1,800 and $1,200, respectively, without regard to the maximum salary limits. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> In addition to and without regard for the salary limits herein set out, any board of supervisors<\/span> by resolution may grant to its members any or all of the fringe benefits in the manner and form as such benefits are provided for county<\/span> employees or any of them. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR ESTABLISHING SALARIES OF BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS;\nLIMITS; FRINGE BENEFITS (\u00a7 15.2-1414.3)\n\nIn lieu of other provisions of law, the boards of supervisors of the several\ncounties may establish annually, by ordinance, and pay in monthly installments\neach of their members an annual salary pursuant to the following procedure and\nschedule:\n\n1. On a date determined by the board of supervisors, not earlier than May 1 nor\nlater than June 30 each year, the board, after public hearing pursuant to notice\nin the manner and form provided in §§ 15.2-1426 and 15.2-1427, shall\nestablish by ordinance the salary of its members for the ensuing fiscal year not\nto exceed the maximums herein set out.\n\n2. Counties within the following population brackets shall be allowed to set\nsalaries for board members not to exceed the following amounts:\n\t\t\tThe maximum annual salaries herein provided may be adjusted in any year or\nyears, by ordinance as above provided, by an inflation factor not to exceed five\npercent.\n\n3. Any board of supervisors may fix, by ordinance as above provided, annually an\nadditional sum to be paid as hereinabove provided to the chairman and\nvice-chairman of the board not to exceed $1,800 and $1,200, respectively,\nwithout regard to the maximum salary limits.\n\n4. In addition to and without regard for the salary limits herein set out, any\nboard of supervisors by resolution may grant to its members any or all of the\nfringe benefits in the manner and form as such benefits are provided for county\nemployees or any of them.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 221, \u00a7 14.1-46.01:1; 1990, cc. 63, 854; 1998, c. 872.","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}}