                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SALARY INCREASES FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS (§ 15.2-1605.2)

In every locality of this Commonwealth, whenever the Compensation Board shall
provide salary increases, including but not limited to cost-of-living increases,
whether specifically for constitutional officers and their assistants or
deputies or for the general compensation to be paid in the aggregate to a
constitutional officer, pursuant to any statutory or other authority, no
locality shall use such reimbursement for any purpose other than salary during
the fiscal year. A locality shall distribute such salary in appropriate
proportions to its constitutional officers and their assistants or deputies.
		As used in this section, &#8220;constitutional officer&#8221; means the
treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of circuit court, or
commissioner of revenue of any locality.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 647.