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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 153 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1973, chapter 437; in 1974, chapter 423; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 283<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 832<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":153333,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79797,"identifier":"15.2-1605.1","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1\/15.2-1605.1","url":"\/15.2-1605.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1605.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1\/15.2-1605.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Supplementing compensation of certain county and city officers and their employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1605.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the governing body<\/span> of any county<\/span> or city<\/span>, in its discretion, may supplement the compensation of the sheriff, treasurer, commissioner of the revenue, director of finance, clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, or attorney for the Commonwealth, or any of their deputies or employees, above the salary of any such officer, deputy or employee, in such amounts as it may deem expedient. Such additional compensation shall be wholly payable from the funds of any such county<\/span> or city<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUPPLEMENTING COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY AND CITY OFFICERS AND THEIR\nEMPLOYEES (\u00a7 15.2-1605.1)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of any county or\ncity, in its discretion, may supplement the compensation of the sheriff,\ntreasurer, commissioner of the revenue, director of finance, clerk of the\ncircuit court, or attorney for the Commonwealth, or any of their deputies or\nemployees, above the salary of any such officer, deputy or employee, in such\namounts as it may deem expedient. Such additional compensation shall be wholly\npayable from the funds of any such county or city.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 153, \u00a7 14.1-11.4; 1973, c. 437; 1974, c. 423; 1998, c. 872;\n1999, c. 283; 2002, c. 832.","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}}