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Such requests shall be filed on or before February 1 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which such requests are made.\n\t\tThe chairman of the Board may, at any time, submit to any officer a written questionnaire concerning the affairs of his office, to ascertain all facts relevant to the determination of the proper allowance to be made with respect to the officer&#8217;s salaries and the expenses of his office. Every officer shall answer fully and completely all questions so propounded and shall return the questionnaire to the chairman within five days.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not affect the powers of any county operating under an optional form of organization and government as provided by Chapter 3 (\u00a7 15.2-300 et seq.) of this title to determine the budgets of the aforementioned officers.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":269490,"text":"At the times hereinafter prescribed, every attorney for the Commonwealth, every city and county treasurer and commissioner of the revenue, or any officer, whether elected or appointed, who holds the combined office of county or city treasurer and commissioner of the revenue, and every sheriff, in addition to all such officers serving two or more local governments who were elected pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-1602, shall file with the chairman of the Board, upon forms prescribed by it, a written request for the expense of his office, stating the amount of salaries requested, and itemizing each item of expense for which allowance is sought, and every such officer shall concurrently file a copy of the request with the governing body of the county or city. Such requests shall be filed on or before February 1 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which such requests are made.\n\t\tThe chairman of the Board may, at any time, submit to any officer a written questionnaire concerning the affairs of his office, to ascertain all facts relevant to the determination of the proper allowance to be made with respect to the officer&#8217;s salaries and the expenses of his office. Every officer shall answer fully and completely all questions so propounded and shall return the questionnaire to the chairman within five days.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not affect the powers of any county operating under an optional form of organization and government as provided by Chapter 3 (\u00a7 15.2-300 et seq.) of this title to determine the budgets of the aforementioned officers.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13294,"edition_id":1,"name":"Compensation Board Generally","identifier":"6.1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12877,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:35","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:35","permalink":{"id":153571,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13294,"identifier":"6.1","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/6.1","url":"\/15.2\/II\/16\/6.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12877,"edition_id":1,"name":"Local Constitutional 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It has been modified 10 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 1962, chapter 439; in 1964, chapter 386; in 1966, chapter 688; in 1972, chapter 731; in 1978, chapter 431; in 1979, chapter 233; in 1980, chapter 588; in 1983, chapter 382; in 1989, chapter 242; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60810,"section_number":"15.2-1609.2","catch_line":"Sheriffs' salaries; salaries of certain full-time deputies; maximum limits","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1609.2\/"},{"id":77347,"section_number":"15.2-1636.8","catch_line":"Duties of Board in fixing salaries, expenses, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1636.8\/"},{"id":71003,"section_number":"15.2-1636.9","catch_line":"Appeal from decision of Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1636.9\/"},{"id":69820,"section_number":"17.1-279","catch_line":"Additional fee to be assessed by circuit court clerks for information technology","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-279\/"},{"id":67578,"section_number":"2.2-612","catch_line":"Notification to localities of reduction or discontinuation of service","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-612\/"},{"id":65680,"section_number":"53.1-85","catch_line":"Time and manner of payment","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-85\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78193,"section_number":"15.2-1602","catch_line":"Sharing of such officers by two or more units of government","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1602\/"},{"id":83114,"section_number":"15.2-300","catch_line":"Adoption of optional forms of county government; inconsistent provisions of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153645,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75030,"identifier":"15.2-1636.7","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/6.1\/15.2-1636.7","url":"\/15.2-1636.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1636.7\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/6.1\/15.2-1636.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Filing requests for salaries","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1636.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>At the times hereinafter prescribed, every attorney for the Commonwealth, every <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> treasurer and commissioner of the revenue, or any officer, whether elected or appointed, who holds the combined office of <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> treasurer and commissioner of the revenue, and every sheriff, in addition to all such officers serving two or more <span class=\"dictionary\">local governments<\/span> who were elected pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Sharing of such officers by two or more units of government\" href=\"\/15.2-1602\/\">15.2-1602<\/a>, shall file with the chairman of the Board, upon forms prescribed by it, a written request for the expense of his office, stating the amount of salaries requested, and itemizing each item of expense for which allowance is sought, and every such officer shall concurrently file a copy of the request with the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span>. Such requests shall be filed on or before February 1 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which such requests are made.\n\t\tThe chairman of the Board may, at any time, submit to any officer a written questionnaire concerning the affairs of his office, to ascertain all <span class=\"dictionary\">facts<\/span> relevant to the determination of the proper allowance to be made with respect to the officer&#8217;s salaries and the expenses of his office. Every officer shall answer fully and completely all questions so propounded and shall return the questionnaire to the chairman within five days.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not affect the powers of any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> operating under an optional form of organization and government as provided by Chapter 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Adoption of optional forms of county government; inconsistent provisions of law\" href=\"\/15.2-300\/\">15.2-300<\/a> et seq.) of this title to determine the budgets of the aforementioned officers.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFILING REQUESTS FOR SALARIES (\u00a7 15.2-1636.7)\n\nAt the times hereinafter prescribed, every attorney for the Commonwealth, every\ncity and county treasurer and commissioner of the revenue, or any officer,\nwhether elected or appointed, who holds the combined office of county or city\ntreasurer and commissioner of the revenue, and every sheriff, in addition to all\nsuch officers serving two or more local governments who were elected pursuant to\n\u00a7 15.2-1602, shall file with the chairman of the Board, upon forms prescribed\nby it, a written request for the expense of his office, stating the amount of\nsalaries requested, and itemizing each item of expense for which allowance is\nsought, and every such officer shall concurrently file a copy of the request\nwith the governing body of the county or city. Such requests shall be filed on\nor before February 1 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which such\nrequests are made.\n\t\tThe chairman of the Board may, at any time, submit to any officer a written\nquestionnaire concerning the affairs of his office, to ascertain all facts\nrelevant to the determination of the proper allowance to be made with respect to\nthe officer&#8217;s salaries and the expenses of his office. Every officer shall\nanswer fully and completely all questions so propounded and shall return the\nquestionnaire to the chairman within five days.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not affect the powers of any county\noperating under an optional form of organization and government as provided by\nChapter 3 (\u00a7 15.2-300 et seq.) of this title to determine the budgets of the\naforementioned officers.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 14-62; 1962, c. 439; 1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-50; 1966, c.\n688; 1972, c. 731; 1978, c. 431; 1979, c. 233; 1980, c. 588; 1983, c. 382; 1989,\nc. 242; 1998, c. 872.","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}}