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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86698</law_id><section_number>16.1-238</section_number><catch_line>Compensation of probation officers, court service staff members and related court service personnel; reimbursement; traveling and other expenses</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="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Organization and Personnel</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The compensation of <span class="dictionary">probation officers</span> and other <span class="dictionary">court</span> service staff members appointed in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="How probation, parole and related court services provided" href="/16.1-235/">16.1-235</a> shall be fixed by the governing body of the city or county in which they serve. They shall be paid out of the county or city treasury. One-half of such compensation shall be reimbursed to any city or county from funds appropriated to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. Any funds from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Criminal Justice Services or from other public fund sources outside of the provisions of <span class="dictionary">this law</span> which are used in compensating such personnel shall not be considered state funds.
		Compensation of all other <span class="dictionary">probation officers</span> and related <span class="dictionary">court</span> service personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="How probation, parole and related court services provided" href="/16.1-235/">16.1-235</a> shall be fixed in accordance with Chapter 29 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title; purpose" href="/2.2-2900/">2.2-2900</a> et seq.) of Title 2.2. Personnel transferred from local and regional <span class="dictionary">court</span> staffs shall suffer no reduction in pay and shall transfer into the state program all accrued leave and other benefits allowable under Chapter 29 of Title 2.2. <span class="dictionary">Probation officers</span> and related <span class="dictionary">court</span> service personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="How probation, parole and related court services provided" href="/16.1-235/">16.1-235</a> shall be paid necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.
		The salary and expenses provided for personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="How probation, parole and related court services provided" href="/16.1-235/">16.1-235</a> shall be paid by the Commonwealth, and no part shall be paid by or chargeable to any county or city. The governing body of any county or city, however, may add to the compensation of such personnel such an amount as the governing body may appropriate not to exceed 50 percent of the amount paid by the Commonwealth. No such additional amount paid by a local governing body shall be chargeable to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Juvenile Justice nor shall it remove or supersede any authority, control or supervision of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 16.1-206; 1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1977, c. 559; 1982, c. 636; 1983, c. 358; 1989, c. 733; 2012, cc. 164, 456.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
