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2001 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 17.1-415 and 17.1-417 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17.1-415. Compensation for judges; expenses.
The judges of the Court of Appeals shall receive from the Commonwealth an
annual salary which shall be fixed in the general appropriations act and set at
an amount equal to ninety-five percent of the annual salary fixed by law for
justices of the Supreme Court. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall
receive $1,000 per year in addition to the amount received by the other judges
of the Court of Appeals. Each judge shall receive such amount as shall be fixed
in the general appropriations act in lieu of travel, lodging and for all other
expenses not otherwise reimbursed and incurred incident to the conduct of the
business of the court.
§ 17.1-417. Support staff.
Each judge of the Court of Appeals shall be entitled to the services of one
research assistant, who shall be a graduate of an accredited law school. Each
judge shall also be entitled to the services of a secretary. The salaries of
the research assistants and secretaries shall be fixed by the Court of Appeals
and such support staff as shall be authorized by and paid from the
appropriation to the Court of Appeals.