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If any employee or deputy is required to work on any legal holiday, he shall receive, in lieu of the holiday, an equal amount of compensatory time with pay in the same calendar year in which such holiday occurs. The county or city may provide that vacation or sick leave may be accumulated or shall terminate within a given period of time; however, such vacation may not be accumulated in excess of six weeks. The cost of providing such benefits shall be borne in the same manner and on the same basis as the costs of the office are shared or as the excess fees therefrom may be shared. When a county or city has entered into an agreement with a constitutional officer to include his employees under the locality’s personnel leave policies, then such employee may accrue and accumulate leave pursuant to such policies instead of under this section, as long as such local benefits are not less than the amounts as set out in this section.C\n\nFor the purpose of computing the Commonwealth’s financial obligations for accumulated vacation time of an employee under this section, the Commonwealth shall pay the lesser, and in any event only its proportional share, of the amount due to an employee for such time when computed (i) under the applicable counties’ or cities’ personnel policies, regulations and rules, or (ii) by treating the employee as a Commonwealth employee, under its applicable personnel policies, regulations and rules.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":206930,"text":"“Employee,” as used in this section, means an employee or deputy of the attorney for the Commonwealth, the treasurer, the commissioner of the revenue, the clerk of the circuit court, and the sheriff and shall also include the officers and employees of all courts whose salaries are paid by the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":206931,"text":"Every county and city for which such employees work shall annually provide for each employee at least two weeks vacation with pay, at least seven days sick leave with pay, and such legal holidays as are provided for in § 2.2-3300. If any employee or deputy is required to work on any legal holiday, he shall receive, in lieu of the holiday, an equal amount of compensatory time with pay in the same calendar year in which such holiday occurs. The county or city may provide that vacation or sick leave may be accumulated or shall terminate within a given period of time; however, such vacation may not be accumulated in excess of six weeks. The cost of providing such benefits shall be borne in the same manner and on the same basis as the costs of the office are shared or as the excess fees therefrom may be shared. When a county or city has entered into an agreement with a constitutional officer to include his employees under the locality’s personnel leave policies, then such employee may accrue and accumulate leave pursuant to such policies instead of under this section, as long as such local benefits are not less than the amounts as set out in this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":206932,"text":"For the purpose of computing the Commonwealth’s financial obligations for accumulated vacation time of an employee under this section, the Commonwealth shall pay the lesser, and in any event only its proportional share, of the amount due to an employee for such time when computed (i) under the applicable counties’ or cities’ personnel policies, regulations and rules, or (ii) by treating the employee as a Commonwealth employee, under its applicable personnel policies, regulations and rules.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14768,"edition_id":1,"name":"Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12877,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:48","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:48","permalink":{"id":153307,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14768,"identifier":"1","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1","url":"\/15.2\/II\/16\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12877,"edition_id":1,"name":"Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies","identifier":"16","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12733,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":153305,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12877,"identifier":"16","token":"15.2\/II\/16","url":"\/15.2\/II\/16\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12733,"edition_id":1,"name":"Powers of Local Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":152369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12733,"identifier":"II","token":"15.2\/II","url":"\/15.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65970,"structure_id":14768,"section_number":"15.2-1600","catch_line":"Counties and cities required to elect certain officers; 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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 562 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1974, chapter 103; in 1977, chapter 116; in 1980, chapter 547; in 1984, chapter 365; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 632<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81021,"section_number":"2.2-3300","catch_line":"Legal holidays","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153329,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56532,"identifier":"15.2-1605","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1\/15.2-1605","url":"\/15.2-1605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1605\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1\/15.2-1605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vacations; sick leave and compensatory time for certain officers and employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> “Employee,” as used in this section, means an employee or deputy of the attorney for the Commonwealth, the treasurer, the commissioner of the revenue, the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, and the sheriff and shall also include the officers and employees of all courts<\/span> whose salaries are paid by the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every county<\/span> and city<\/span> for which such employees work shall annually provide for each employee at least two weeks vacation with pay, at least seven days sick leave with pay, and such legal holidays as are provided for in § 2.2-3300<\/a>. If any employee or deputy is required to work on any legal holiday, he shall receive, in lieu of the holiday, an equal amount of compensatory time with pay in the same calendar year in which such holiday occurs. The county<\/span> or city<\/span> may provide that vacation or sick leave may be accumulated or shall terminate within a given period of time; however, such vacation may not be accumulated in excess of six weeks. The cost of providing such benefits shall be borne in the same manner and on the same basis as the costs of the office are shared or as the excess fees therefrom may be shared. When a county<\/span> or city<\/span> has entered into an agreement with a constitutional officer<\/span> to include his employees under the locality<\/span>’s personnel leave policies, then such employee may accrue and accumulate leave pursuant to such policies instead of under this section, as long as such local benefits are not less than the amounts as set out in this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For the purpose of computing the Commonwealth’s financial obligations for accumulated vacation time of an employee under this section, the Commonwealth shall pay the lesser, and in any event only its proportional share, of the amount due to an employee for such time when computed (i) under the applicable counties’ or cities’ personnel policies, regulations and rules, or (ii) by treating the employee as a Commonwealth employee, under its applicable personnel policies, regulations and rules. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVACATIONS; SICK LEAVE AND COMPENSATORY TIME FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES\n(\u00a7 15.2-1605)\n\nA. “Employee,” as used in this section, means an employee or deputy\nof the attorney for the Commonwealth, the treasurer, the commissioner of the\nrevenue, the clerk of the circuit court, and the sheriff and shall also include\nthe officers and employees of all courts whose salaries are paid by the\nCommonwealth.\n\nB. Every county and city for which such employees work shall annually provide\nfor each employee at least two weeks vacation with pay, at least seven days sick\nleave with pay, and such legal holidays as are provided for in § 2.2-3300.\nIf any employee or deputy is required to work on any legal holiday, he shall\nreceive, in lieu of the holiday, an equal amount of compensatory time with pay\nin the same calendar year in which such holiday occurs. The county or city may\nprovide that vacation or sick leave may be accumulated or shall terminate within\na given period of time; however, such vacation may not be accumulated in excess\nof six weeks. The cost of providing such benefits shall be borne in the same\nmanner and on the same basis as the costs of the office are shared or as the\nexcess fees therefrom may be shared. When a county or city has entered into an\nagreement with a constitutional officer to include his employees under the\nlocality’s personnel leave policies, then such employee may accrue and\naccumulate leave pursuant to such policies instead of under this section, as\nlong as such local benefits are not less than the amounts as set out in this\nsection.\n\nC. For the purpose of computing the Commonwealth’s financial obligations\nfor accumulated vacation time of an employee under this section, the\nCommonwealth shall pay the lesser, and in any event only its proportional share,\nof the amount due to an employee for such time when computed (i) under the\napplicable counties’ or cities’ personnel policies, regulations and\nrules, or (ii) by treating the employee as a Commonwealth employee, under its\napplicable personnel policies, regulations and rules.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 562, \u00a7 15.1-19.3; 1974, c. 103; 1977, c. 116; 1980, c. 547;\n1984, c. 365; 1997, c. 587; 2017, c. 632.","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}}