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2001 SESSION

010671890
HOUSE BILL NO. 1814
Offered January 10, 2001
Prefiled January 3, 2001
A BILL to amend and reenact § 52-6.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment of senior and master state troopers.
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Patron-- Pollard
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Referred to Committee on Militia and Police
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Be 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 .