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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 1960, chapter 382; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1966, chapter 464; in 1968, chapter 797; in 1975, chapter 143; 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":152311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87326,"identifier":"15.2-847","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-847","url":"\/15.2-847\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-847\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-847","dublin_core":{"Title":"Budget; board to fix salaries and allowances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-847","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each year at least two weeks before the board must prepare its proposed annual budget, the urban <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> executive shall prepare and submit to the board a budget presenting a financial plan for conducting the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>&#8217;s affairs for the ensuing year. 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The board shall establish the\nsalary and allowances of all county employees.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-384.66; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-779; 1966,\nc. 464; 1968, c. 797; 1975, c. 143; 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}}