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The Board shall, no later than the fifteenth day following final adjournment of the General Assembly of Virginia in each session, provide to such officers and the local governing body of each city and county he represents, an estimate of expenses and other allowances to be fixed by the Board for the next fiscal year. The Board shall, at meetings duly called by the chairman, carefully consider the questionnaires and written requests filed as required by \u00a7 15.2-1636.7 and consider the work involved in the discharge of the duties of the respective officers, the extent to which such duties are imposed by actions of the local governing body, the amount expended or proposed to be expended by each for clerks, deputies and other assistants, the efficiency with which the affairs of each such office are conducted, and such other matters as the Board may deem pertinent and material, including the number of local governments served if more than one, including the pay and compensation plan of each political subdivision, if it has one, and the locality’s plans for adjustments of salaries and expenses for the ensuing fiscal year, as well as the plan of the Commonwealth for adjustment of state salaries and expenses for such year. The Board shall fix and determine what constitutes a fair and reasonable budget for the participation of the Commonwealth toward the total cost of the office. In its deliberations with respect to any office of an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Board shall not consider whether volunteer assistants are being used in that office. Such budgets, in the aggregate, shall not contemplate state expenditures in excess of the appropriation available to the Board. Prior to holding any such meeting for the fixing of salaries and expenses as provided in this article, ten days’ written notice of the time, place and purpose of such meeting shall be given every officer affected and to the mayor or city manager of the city or to the chairman of the governing body and administrator, executive or manager of the county affected.\n\t\tWhen the salaries, expenses and other allowances for the several counties and cities have been tentatively fixed by the Board they shall notify the governing body of each city and county of the amounts so fixed. Within thirty days thereafter, but not later, the governing body may file with the Compensation Board any objection it may have to such allowances so fixed. When such objection is filed the Board shall fix a time for a hearing on such objection, of which time the governing body as well as the officer affected shall have at least fifteen days’ notice. For the purpose of determining the merits of such protest the governing body may designate two members of such body to serve as additional members of the Compensation Board and such additional members shall each have one vote on the Board.\n\t\tThe chairman of the Board shall record the salary of each such officer, his clerks, assistants and deputies, and the allowances made for other items, and shall promptly notify each such officer of the same with respect to his office.\n\t\tIn fixing, determining and recording the salaries of the full-time deputy sheriffs mentioned in \u00a7 15.2-1609.2, the Board shall act solely with reference to establishing an aggregate allowance for personal services to the respective sheriffs for such deputy sheriffs. The annual salary of each such full-time deputy sheriff shall be fixed and determined as provided by \u00a7 15.2-1609.2.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":277425,"text":"All salaries of such officers shall be as hereinafter provided. The expenses and other allowances of all such officers shall be fixed and determined on or before May 1 of each year. The Board shall, no later than the fifteenth day following final adjournment of the General Assembly of Virginia in each session, provide to such officers and the local governing body of each city and county he represents, an estimate of expenses and other allowances to be fixed by the Board for the next fiscal year. The Board shall, at meetings duly called by the chairman, carefully consider the questionnaires and written requests filed as required by \u00a7 15.2-1636.7 and consider the work involved in the discharge of the duties of the respective officers, the extent to which such duties are imposed by actions of the local governing body, the amount expended or proposed to be expended by each for clerks, deputies and other assistants, the efficiency with which the affairs of each such office are conducted, and such other matters as the Board may deem pertinent and material, including the number of local governments served if more than one, including the pay and compensation plan of each political subdivision, if it has one, and the locality’s plans for adjustments of salaries and expenses for the ensuing fiscal year, as well as the plan of the Commonwealth for adjustment of state salaries and expenses for such year. 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Prior to holding any such meeting for the fixing of salaries and expenses as provided in this article, ten days’ written notice of the time, place and purpose of such meeting shall be given every officer affected and to the mayor or city manager of the city or to the chairman of the governing body and administrator, executive or manager of the county affected.\n\t\tWhen the salaries, expenses and other allowances for the several counties and cities have been tentatively fixed by the Board they shall notify the governing body of each city and county of the amounts so fixed. Within thirty days thereafter, but not later, the governing body may file with the Compensation Board any objection it may have to such allowances so fixed. When such objection is filed the Board shall fix a time for a hearing on such objection, of which time the governing body as well as the officer affected shall have at least fifteen days’ notice. For the purpose of determining the merits of such protest the governing body may designate two members of such body to serve as additional members of the Compensation Board and such additional members shall each have one vote on the Board.\n\t\tThe chairman of the Board shall record the salary of each such officer, his clerks, assistants and deputies, and the allowances made for other items, and shall promptly notify each such officer of the same with respect to his office.\n\t\tIn fixing, determining and recording the salaries of the full-time deputy sheriffs mentioned in \u00a7 15.2-1609.2, the Board shall act solely with reference to establishing an aggregate allowance for personal services to the respective sheriffs for such deputy sheriffs. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1964, chapter 386; in 1966, chapter 688; in 1979, chapters 233 and 538; in 1980, chapters 587 and 588; in 1983, chapter 382; in 1989, chapter 242; in 1994, chapters 780<\/a> and 792<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 913<\/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":69843,"section_number":"15.2-1636.13","catch_line":"Time and manner of payment","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1636.13\/"},{"id":71003,"section_number":"15.2-1636.9","catch_line":"Appeal from decision of Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1636.9\/"},{"id":74131,"section_number":"15.2-2507","catch_line":"Amendment of budget","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2507\/"}],"refers_to":[{"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":75030,"section_number":"15.2-1636.7","catch_line":"Filing requests for salaries","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1636.7\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153649,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77347,"identifier":"15.2-1636.8","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/6.1\/15.2-1636.8","url":"\/15.2-1636.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1636.8\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/6.1\/15.2-1636.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duties of Board in fixing salaries, expenses, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1636.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All salaries of such officers shall be as hereinafter provided. The expenses and other allowances of all such officers shall be fixed and determined on or before May 1 of each year. The Board shall, no later than the fifteenth day following final adjournment of the General Assembly of Virginia in each session, provide to such officers and the local governing body<\/span> of each city<\/span> and county<\/span> he represents, an estimate of expenses and other allowances to be fixed by the Board for the next fiscal year. The Board shall, at meetings duly called by the chairman, carefully consider the questionnaires and written requests filed as required by \u00a7 15.2-1636.7<\/a> and consider the work involved in the discharge of the duties of the respective officers, the extent to which such duties are imposed by actions of the local governing body<\/span>, the amount expended or proposed to be expended by each for clerks, deputies and other assistants, the efficiency with which the affairs of each such office are conducted, and such other matters as the Board may deem pertinent and material<\/span>, including the number of local governments<\/span> served if more than one, including the pay and compensation plan of each political subdivision, if it has one, and the locality<\/span>’s plans for adjustments of salaries and expenses for the ensuing fiscal year, as well as the plan of the Commonwealth for adjustment of state salaries and expenses for such year. The Board shall fix and determine what constitutes a fair and reasonable budget for the participation of the Commonwealth toward the total cost of the office. In its deliberations<\/span> with respect to any office of an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Board shall not consider whether volunteer assistants are being used in that office. Such budgets, in the aggregate, shall not contemplate state expenditures in excess of the appropriation available to the Board. Prior to holding any such meeting for the fixing of salaries and expenses as provided in this article, ten days’ written notice of the time, place and purpose of such meeting shall be given every officer affected and to the mayor or city<\/span> manager of the city<\/span> or to the chairman of the governing body<\/span> and administrator, executive or manager of the county<\/span> affected.\n\t\tWhen the salaries, expenses and other allowances for the several counties and cities have been tentatively fixed by the Board they shall notify the governing body<\/span> of each city<\/span> and county<\/span> of the amounts so fixed. Within thirty days thereafter, but not later, the governing body<\/span> may file with the Compensation Board any objection it may have to such allowances so fixed. When such objection is filed the Board shall fix a time for a hearing<\/span> on such objection, of which time the governing body<\/span> as well as the officer affected shall have at least fifteen days’ notice. For the purpose of determining the merits of such protest the governing body<\/span> may designate two members of such body to serve as additional members of the Compensation Board and such additional members shall each have one vote on the Board.\n\t\tThe chairman of the Board shall record the salary of each such officer, his clerks, assistants and deputies, and the allowances made for other items, and shall promptly notify each such officer of the same with respect to his office.\n\t\tIn fixing, determining and recording the salaries of the full-time deputy sheriffs mentioned in \u00a7 15.2-1609.2<\/a>, the Board shall act solely with reference to establishing an aggregate allowance for personal services to the respective sheriffs for such deputy sheriffs. The annual salary of each such full-time deputy sheriff shall be fixed and determined as provided by \u00a7 15.2-1609.2<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTIES OF BOARD IN FIXING SALARIES, EXPENSES, ETC (\u00a7 15.2-1636.8)\n\nAll salaries of such officers shall be as hereinafter provided. The expenses and\nother allowances of all such officers shall be fixed and determined on or before\nMay 1 of each year. The Board shall, no later than the fifteenth day following\nfinal adjournment of the General Assembly of Virginia in each session, provide\nto such officers and the local governing body of each city and county he\nrepresents, an estimate of expenses and other allowances to be fixed by the\nBoard for the next fiscal year. The Board shall, at meetings duly called by the\nchairman, carefully consider the questionnaires and written requests filed as\nrequired by \u00a7 15.2-1636.7 and consider the work involved in the discharge of\nthe duties of the respective officers, the extent to which such duties are\nimposed by actions of the local governing body, the amount expended or proposed\nto be expended by each for clerks, deputies and other assistants, the efficiency\nwith which the affairs of each such office are conducted, and such other matters\nas the Board may deem pertinent and material, including the number of local\ngovernments served if more than one, including the pay and compensation plan of\neach political subdivision, if it has one, and the locality’s plans for\nadjustments of salaries and expenses for the ensuing fiscal year, as well as the\nplan of the Commonwealth for adjustment of state salaries and expenses for such\nyear. The Board shall fix and determine what constitutes a fair and reasonable\nbudget for the participation of the Commonwealth toward the total cost of the\noffice. In its deliberations with respect to any office of an attorney for the\nCommonwealth, the Board shall not consider whether volunteer assistants are\nbeing used in that office. Such budgets, in the aggregate, shall not contemplate\nstate expenditures in excess of the appropriation available to the Board. Prior\nto holding any such meeting for the fixing of salaries and expenses as provided\nin this article, ten days’ written notice of the time, place and purpose\nof such meeting shall be given every officer affected and to the mayor or city\nmanager of the city or to the chairman of the governing body and administrator,\nexecutive or manager of the county affected.\n\t\tWhen the salaries, expenses and other allowances for the several counties and\ncities have been tentatively fixed by the Board they shall notify the governing\nbody of each city and county of the amounts so fixed. Within thirty days\nthereafter, but not later, the governing body may file with the Compensation\nBoard any objection it may have to such allowances so fixed. When such objection\nis filed the Board shall fix a time for a hearing on such objection, of which\ntime the governing body as well as the officer affected shall have at least\nfifteen days’ notice. For the purpose of determining the merits of such\nprotest the governing body may designate two members of such body to serve as\nadditional members of the Compensation Board and such additional members shall\neach have one vote on the Board.\n\t\tThe chairman of the Board shall record the salary of each such officer, his\nclerks, assistants and deputies, and the allowances made for other items, and\nshall promptly notify each such officer of the same with respect to his office.\n\t\tIn fixing, determining and recording the salaries of the full-time deputy\nsheriffs mentioned in \u00a7 15.2-1609.2, the Board shall act solely with reference\nto establishing an aggregate allowance for personal services to the respective\nsheriffs for such deputy sheriffs. The annual salary of each such full-time\ndeputy sheriff shall be fixed and determined as provided by \u00a7 15.2-1609.2.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 14-63, 14-64; 1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-51; 1966, c. 688;\n1979, cc. 233, 538; 1980, cc. 587, 588; 1983, c. 382; 1989, c. 242; 1994, cc.\n780, 792; 1998, c. 872; 2000, c. 913.","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}}