                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PART-TIME ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH IN CERTAIN CITIES MAY SEEK FULL-TIME
STATUS (§ 15.2-1631)

A. Notwithstanding &#xA7;&#xA7; 15.2-1627.1 and 15.2-1630, any attorney for the
Commonwealth for a city may, with the consent of the Compensation Board, elect
to devote full time to the duties of attorney for the Commonwealth at a salary
equal to that for an attorney for the Commonwealth in a city with a population
of more than 35,000. Such an election and consent by the Compensation Board
shall be binding on the attorney for the Commonwealth and on successors in the
office.

B. The Compensation Board shall prepare a list of localities eligible to have a
full-time attorney for the Commonwealth and shall prioritize the list according
to the same workload measures used by the Compensation Board in staffing
standards established for assistant attorney for the Commonwealth positions in
Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorneys&#8217; offices statewide.

C. Upon electing to become a full-time attorney for the Commonwealth and upon
receiving additional funding of such office by the Compensation Board, the
attorney for the Commonwealth shall not thereafter engage in the private
practice of law. No such election shall become effective until the July 1
immediately following the date of election, or until another date as agreed upon
by the attorney for the Commonwealth and the Compensation Board.

D. The Compensation Board shall fund such additional full-time offices of the
attorney for the Commonwealth according to the priority list established in
subsection B of this section, subject to appropriations by the General Assembly.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 826, § 15.1-821.1; 1996, c. 561; 1997, c. 587; 2007, c. 417.