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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 335<\/a> and 766<\/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":62802,"section_number":"15.2-1511","catch_line":"Allowances to injured officials and employees and their dependents","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1511\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153099,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62508,"identifier":"15.2-1511.01","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/1\/15.2-1511.01","url":"\/15.2-1511.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1511.01\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/1\/15.2-1511.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Allowances to injured deputy sheriffs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1511.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In addition to the allowances provided in § 15.2-1511<\/a>, any deputy sheriff who suffers injury as defined in Title 65.2 and whose allowance as provided in § 15.2-1511<\/a> is less than 100 percent of his regular compensation shall be entitled to use any accrued vacation, compensatory, or sick leave to supplement the allowance so as to receive 100 percent of his regular compensation. In no case shall a deputy sheriff use such accrued leave so as to receive more than 100 percent of his regular compensation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The governing body<\/span> of a locality<\/span> shall continue to pay the employer’s share of the cost of health insurance to the same extent paid for other employees of the locality<\/span> covered by the health insurance plan for a deputy sheriff who participates in the employer-provided health plan who suffers a compensable injury as defined under Title 65.2 so long as the deputy sheriff remains employed by the locality<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALLOWANCES TO INJURED DEPUTY SHERIFFS (\u00a7 15.2-1511.01)\n\nA. In addition to the allowances provided in § 15.2-1511, any deputy\nsheriff who suffers injury as defined in Title 65.2 and whose allowance as\nprovided in § 15.2-1511 is less than 100 percent of his regular\ncompensation shall be entitled to use any accrued vacation, compensatory, or\nsick leave to supplement the allowance so as to receive 100 percent of his\nregular compensation. In no case shall a deputy sheriff use such accrued leave\nso as to receive more than 100 percent of his regular compensation.\n\nB. The governing body of a locality shall continue to pay the employer’s\nshare of the cost of health insurance to the same extent paid for other\nemployees of the locality covered by the health insurance plan for a deputy\nsheriff who participates in the employer-provided health plan who suffers a\ncompensable injury as defined under Title 65.2 so long as the deputy sheriff\nremains employed by the locality.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, cc. 335, 766.","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}}