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2001 SESSION
010671890Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 52-6.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 52-6.1. Appointment of supervisory officers.
All appointments to sworn police positions above the rank of trooper within the
Department of State Police shall be made by the Superintendent of State Police
from among the sworn police officers of the Department, except for those
positions designated in subdivision A 16 of § 2.1-116, or whenever the
Superintendent determines, in writing, that a position requires knowledge, skills,
or abilities such that a sufficient pool of qualified candidates does not exist
within the Department of State Police. However, regardless of the current
number or percentage of senior or master troopers, (i) a trooper who otherwise
meets the requirements of the career progression program and has at least eleven
years of satisfactory service shall be promoted to senior trooper, and
(ii) a trooper who otherwise meets the requirements of the career progression program
and has at least twenty-one years of satisfactory service shall be
promoted to master trooper. It was and is the intent of the General Assembly
that the primary factor in the career progression program is satisfactory years
of service.
2. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on July 1, 2002 .