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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 143 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 1975 \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 1978, chapter 382; in 1982, chapter 376; in 1983, chapter 152; in 1988, chapter 879; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83332,"identifier":"15.2-846","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-846","url":"\/15.2-846\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-846\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-846","dublin_core":{"Title":"Salaries and expenses of board members; administrative staff","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-846","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The board shall establish the salaries and allowances of board members in accordance with the provisions of general <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> provided:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> shall be held on the salaries to be established; <a id=\"paragraph-298572\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-846\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> No increase in such salaries shall be effective until the expiration of the current term of all board members whose salaries are to be increased; and <a id=\"paragraph-298573\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-846\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Any action or procedure necessary to be taken to increase such salaries shall be completed not later than April 15 of any year in which there is an election for board members.\n\t\t\tEach board member, in addition to salary and allowances, shall be entitled to reasonable administrative staff support paid by the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> in conformity with existing pay scales and whose duty shall be limited exclusively to <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> business. <a id=\"paragraph-298574\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-846\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALARIES AND EXPENSES OF BOARD MEMBERS; ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF (\u00a7 15.2-846)\n\nThe board shall establish the salaries and allowances of board members in\naccordance with the provisions of general law provided:\n\n1. A public hearing shall be held on the salaries to be established;\n\n2. No increase in such salaries shall be effective until the expiration of the\ncurrent term of all board members whose salaries are to be increased; and\n\n3. Any action or procedure necessary to be taken to increase such salaries shall\nbe completed not later than April 15 of any year in which there is an election\nfor board members.\n\t\t\tEach board member, in addition to salary and allowances, shall be entitled to\nreasonable administrative staff support paid by the county in conformity with\nexisting pay scales and whose duty shall be limited exclusively to county\nbusiness.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 143, \u00a7 15.1-778.1; 1978, c. 382; 1982, c. 376; 1983, c. 152;\n1988, c. 879; 1997, c. 587.","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}}