                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEE&#8217;S LEGAL FEES AND EXPENSES (§ 22.1-83)

If an employee of a school board is arrested, indicted or otherwise prosecuted
on any charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his duties as
such employee and such charge is subsequently dismissed or a verdict of not
guilty is rendered or if an employee of a school board is made a defendant in
any civil action arising out of his actions in connection with his duties as
such employee, the school board may pay the legal fees and expenses of such
employee.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-56.1:1; 1978, c. 135; 1980, c. 559.