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2002 SESSION


CHAPTER 739
An Act to amend and reenact § 22.1-32 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school board salaries.
[H 1272]
Approved April 6, 2002

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-32 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-32. Salary of members.

A. The school board of the following counties may pay each of its members an annual salary not to exceed the limits hereinafter set forth:

Accomack - $3,000.00;

Albemarle - $3,300.00;

Alleghany - $1,500.00;

Amelia - $5,000.00;

Amherst - $2,400.00;

Appomattox - $3,000.00 $5,000.00;

Arlington - $12,000.00;

Augusta - $2,400.00;

Bath - $3,500.00;

Bedford - $4,000.00;

Bland - $2,400.00;

Botetourt - $3,600.00;

Brunswick - $1,800.00;

Buchanan - $1,800.00;

Buckingham - $3,600.00;

Campbell - $2,400.00;

Caroline - $2,400.00;

Carroll - $2,400.00;

Charles City - $2,400.00;

Charlotte - $4,800.00;

Chesterfield - $12,500.00;

Clarke - $1,200.00;

Craig - $2,500.00;

Culpeper - $4,500.00;

Cumberland - $3,600.00;

Dickenson - $1,500.00;

Dinwiddie - $2,700.00;

Essex - $1,800.00;

Fairfax - $12,500.00;

Fauquier - $5,000.00;

Floyd - $3,000.00;

Fluvanna - $2,400.00 $3,400.00;

Franklin - $3,600.00;

Frederick - $2,400.00;

Giles - $2,400.00;

Gloucester - $3,000.00;

Goochland - $2,400.00;

Grayson - $3,000.00;

Greene - $ 5,800.00;

Greensville - $1,800.00;

Halifax - $2,400.00;

Hanover - $4,600.00;

Henrico - $12,000.00;

Henry - $2,400.00;

Highland - $2,000.00;

Isle of Wight - $4,000.00;

James City - $3,000.00;

King and Queen - $2,400.00;

King George - $3,600.00;

King William - $2,400.00;

Lancaster - $ 6,000.00;

Lee - $2,400.00;

Loudoun - $12,500.00;

Louisa - $ 4,800.00;

Lunenburg - $2,400.00;

Madison - $1,800.00;

Mathews - $3,000.00;

Mecklenburg - $1,500.00;

Middlesex - $2,400.00;

Montgomery - $3,600.00;

Nelson - $1,800.00;

New Kent - $3,000.00;

Northampton - $1,800.00;

Northumberland - $2,400.00;

Nottoway - $2,400.00;

Orange - $2,500.00;

Page - $3,600.00;

Patrick - $1,600.00;

Pittsylvania - $3,000.00;

Powhatan - $5,000.00;

Prince Edward - $2,400.00;

Prince George - $3,600.00;

Prince William - $12,000.00;

Pulaski - $3,600.00;

Rappahannock - $600.00;

Richmond - $3,400.00;

Roanoke - $6,000.00;

Rockbridge - $1,200.00;

Rockingham - $3,800.00;

Russell - $ 3,600.00;

Scott - $2,400.00;

Shenandoah - $2,400.00;

Smyth - $2,400.00;

Southampton - $2,400.00;

Spotsylvania - $7,500.00;

Stafford - $7,500.00;

Surry - $2,400.00;

Sussex - $2,100.00;

Tazewell - $2,400.00;

Warren - $3,600.00;

Washington - $6,000.00;

Westmoreland - $2,400.00;

Wise - $4,800.00;

Wythe - $2,400.00;

York - $4,000.00. $6,000.00.

B. The school board of the following cities and towns may pay each of its members an annual salary not to exceed the limits hereinafter set forth:

Alexandria - $7,500.00;

Bristol - $1,500.00;

Charlottesville - $3,000.00;

Chesapeake - $5,000.00;

Colonial Beach - $1,500.00;

Colonial Heights - $2,400.00;

Covington - $1,500.00;

Danville - $600.00;

Emporia - $240.00;

Fairfax - $3,000.00;

Falls Church - $3,000.00;

Fredericksburg - $3,600.00;

Fries - $240.00;

Hampton - $5,000.00;

Hopewell - $2,400.00;

Lexington - $600.00;

Lynchburg - $2,400.00;

Manassas - $4,800.00;

Manassas Park - $1,800.00;

Martinsville - $2,400.00;

Newport News - $5,000.00 $12,000.00;

Norfolk - $3,000.00;

Norton - $1,800.00;

Petersburg - $5,000.00;

Poquoson - $3,000.00;

Portsmouth - $ 5,000.00;

Radford - $3,600.00;

Richmond - $7,000.00;

Roanoke - $4,200.00;

Salem - $ 3,600.00;

South Boston - $600.00;

Suffolk - $5,000.00;

Virginia Beach - $6,000.00;

Waynesboro - $2,400.00;

Williamsburg - $3,000.00.

C. Any school board may, in its discretion, pay the chairman of the school board an additional salary not exceeding $1,100 per year upon passage of an appropriate resolution by (i) the school board whose membership is elected in whole or in part or (ii) the governing body of the appropriate county, city, or town whose school board is comprised solely of appointed members.

D. Any school board may in its discretion pay each of its members mileage for use of a private vehicle in attending meetings of the school board and in conducting other official business of the school board. Its members may be reimbursed for private transportation at a rate not to exceed that which is authorized for persons traveling on state business in accordance with § 2.2-2825. Whatever rate is paid, however, shall be the same for school board members and employees of the board.

E. Contingent upon finalization of the planned consolidation of the school divisions of Alleghany County and the City of Clifton Forge, the members of the newly consolidated school board representing the City of Clifton Forge shall be paid an amount equal to that paid the members of the present school board of Alleghany County.

F. No school board shall request the General Assembly's consideration of an increase in its annual salary limit as established in this section unless such school board has taken an affirmative vote on the requested increase. Further, no school board whose membership is elected in whole or in part shall be awarded a salary increase, unless, upon an affirmative vote by such school board, a specific salary increase, within the limit set herein, shall be approved. Local school boards shall adopt such increases according to the following procedures:

1. A local school board representing a county may establish a salary increase prior to July 1 of any year in which members are to be elected or appointed, or, if such school board is elected or appointed for staggered terms, prior to July 1 of any year in which at least one-half of such members are to be elected or appointed. However, a school board serving a county having the county manager plan of government and whose membership totals five may establish a salary increase prior to July 1 in any year in which two of the five members are to be elected or appointed. Such increase shall become effective on January 1 of the following year.

2. A local school board representing a city or town may establish a salary increase prior to December 31 in any year preceding a year in which members are to be elected or appointed. Such increase shall become effective on July 1 of the year in which the election or appointment occurs.

No salary increase may become effective during an incumbent member's term of office; however, this restriction shall not apply if the school board members are elected or appointed for staggered terms.