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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85295</law_id><section_number>15.2-809</section_number><catch_line>Compensation of officers and employees</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="I">General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Urban County Executive Form of Government</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The board shall, subject to the limitations of general <span class="dictionary">law</span>, fix the compensation of all <span class="dictionary">county</span> officers and employees, except as it may authorize the head of some department or office to fix the compensation of subordinates and employees in such department or office.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-384.24; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-736; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
