                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS FOR OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF GENERAL
ASSEMBLY; STAFF PERSONNEL FOR STANDING COMMITTEES (§ 30-19.4)

The General Assembly shall provide for the employment of secretaries and
administrative assistants for the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the
President pro tempore of the Senate, the Majority and Minority Floor Leaders of
the House of Delegates and Senate and members of the General Assembly to aid in
the performance of duties incidental to the legislative process. Allowances for
such secretaries and assistants shall be provided as set forth in the general
appropriations act. Such allowances shall not be utilized for political purposes
and shall be further conditioned upon such limitations and restrictions as shall
be set forth in the general appropriations act. The session day per diem for
each administrative assistant shall equal the amount authorized for members of
the General Assembly as set forth in the general appropriations act.
		The General Assembly shall provide for the employment of such clerks, counsel
and other staff personnel for each of the standing committees as are approved by
the Rules Committee of the appropriate house.
		No member of the immediate family of a member of the General Assembly shall be
eligible to receive any sum authorized under the provisions of this section. For
the purpose of this section the spouse, parent, child, brother or sister of the
member shall be considered a member of the immediate family.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 822; 1973, c. 512; 1974, c. 356; 1976, c. 735; 1979, c. 475;
1980, c. 151; 1984, c. 161; 2005, c. 802.