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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":153337,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58472,"identifier":"15.2-1605.2","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1\/15.2-1605.2","url":"\/15.2-1605.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1605.2\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1\/15.2-1605.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Salary increases for constitutional officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1605.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In every locality<\/span> of this Commonwealth, whenever the Compensation Board shall provide salary increases, including but not limited to cost-of-living increases, whether specifically for constitutional officers<\/span> and their assistants or deputies or for the general compensation to be paid in the aggregate to a constitutional officer<\/span>, pursuant to any statutory or other authority, no locality<\/span> shall use such reimbursement for any purpose other than salary during the fiscal year. A locality<\/span> shall distribute such salary in appropriate proportions to its constitutional officers<\/span> and their assistants or deputies.\n\t\tAs used in this section, “constitutional officer<\/span>” means the treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, or commissioner of revenue of any locality<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALARY INCREASES FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS (\u00a7 15.2-1605.2)\n\nIn every locality of this Commonwealth, whenever the Compensation Board shall\nprovide salary increases, including but not limited to cost-of-living increases,\nwhether specifically for constitutional officers and their assistants or\ndeputies or for the general compensation to be paid in the aggregate to a\nconstitutional officer, pursuant to any statutory or other authority, no\nlocality shall use such reimbursement for any purpose other than salary during\nthe fiscal year. A locality shall distribute such salary in appropriate\nproportions to its constitutional officers and their assistants or deputies.\n\t\tAs used in this section, “constitutional officer” means the\ntreasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of circuit court, or\ncommissioner of revenue of any locality.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 647.","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}}