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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 358 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 1981 \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 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 570<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55833,"section_number":"15.2-1414.6","catch_line":"Permitted salaries; salary increases; reimbursement for expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1414.6\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76895,"identifier":"15.2-1414.5","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1.1\/15.2-1414.5","url":"\/15.2-1414.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1414.5\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1.1\/15.2-1414.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Each councilman to be paid annual salary; effect of charter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1414.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each member of the council<\/span> of each city<\/span> shall be allowed and paid out of the city<\/span> levy<\/span> an annual salary in equal monthly installments, or in accordance with the payroll cycle of city<\/span> employees, to be fixed as herein provided, for his services in attending the meetings of the council and in discharging the duties imposed by law<\/span> upon him. Any city<\/span>, however, whose charter imposes no limitation on salaries, may continue to pay its councilmen and mayor pursuant to such charter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEACH COUNCILMAN TO BE PAID ANNUAL SALARY; EFFECT OF CHARTER (\u00a7 15.2-1414.5)\n\nEach member of the council of each city shall be allowed and paid out of the\ncity levy an annual salary in equal monthly installments, or in accordance with\nthe payroll cycle of city employees, to be fixed as herein provided, for his\nservices in attending the meetings of the council and in discharging the duties\nimposed by law upon him. Any city, however, whose charter imposes no limitation\non salaries, may continue to pay its councilmen and mayor pursuant to such\ncharter.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 358, \u00a7 14.1-47.1; 1998, c. 872; 2004, c. 570.","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}}