                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MANNER OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN ITEMS IN BUDGETS OF SHERIFFS (§ 15.2-1615.1)

A. Whenever a sheriff purchases office furniture, office equipment, stationery,
office supplies, telephone or telegraph service, postage, or repairs to office
furniture and equipment in conformity and within the limits of allowances duly
made and contained in the then current budget of any such sheriff under the
provisions of this chapter, the invoices therefor, after examination as to their
correctness, shall be paid by the county or city directly to the vendors, and
the Commonwealth shall monthly reimburse the county or city the cost of such
items on submission by such sheriff to the Compensation Board of duplicate
invoices and such other information or evidence as the Compensation Board may
deem necessary. This procedure shall also apply to the payment of the premiums
on the official bonds of such sheriffs, their deputies and employees, to the
premiums on burglary and other insurance, and for any physical examinations
required pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-1705 for a sheriff and each of his full-time
deputies at a rate specified by the Compensation Board.

B. The Compensation Board may allow as an expense allowance to the sheriff of
any county or city the cost of operation, maintenance and repair of a closed
circuit television system and all accessories thereto or of leasing electronic
security equipment or making repairs to the same, which system and equipment are
installed in any jail under his control for the surveillance of prisoners.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-80; 1968, c. 607; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1979,
c. 83; 1983, c. 382; 1985, c. 271; 1998, c. 872.