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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72505</law_id><section_number>15.2-1505.2</section_number><catch_line>Personnel policies related to the use of public property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">Local Government Personnel, Qualification for Office, Bonds, Dual Office Holding and Certain Local Government Officers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions for Certain Officers and Employees</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, with the exception of <span class="dictionary">towns</span> having a population of less than 3,500 that do not have a personnel policy, shall establish personnel policies covering the use of public property by officers and employees of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>. Such policies shall address the use of telephones, computers, and related devices and peripheral equipment that are the property of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> for (i) personal use, to the extent that such use interferes with the employees&#x2019; productivity or work performance, or (ii) political activities. As used in this section, &#x201C;political activities&#x201D; shall have the same meaning as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Political activities of employees of localities, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, and law-enforcement officers and certain other officers and employees" href="/15.2-1512.2/">15.2-1512.2</a>.</p></section></text><history>2014, c. 405.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
