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2006 SESSION
066516410Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1609.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1609.1. Number of deputies.
Except as provided in § 15.2-1603, the respective number of
full-time deputies appointed by the sheriff of a county or city shall be fixed
by the Compensation Board at not less
than 10 after receiving such any
recommendation of the board of supervisors of the county or the council of the
city, as the case may be, as the board of supervisors or city council may
desire to make. Such recommendation, if any, shall be made to the Compensation
Board on or before April 1 of each year. In any county without a police force,
upon the request of the board of supervisors of such county, the number of such
law-enforcement deputies shall be fixed at not less than one such deputy for
each 1,500 population in such county excluding the population served by state
educational institution police departments if the sheriff's department does not
provide the majority of the law-enforcement activities to such population
according to uniform crime reports compiled by the Department of State Police.
The Compensation Board shall also consider any agreement the sheriff may have
pursuant to § 15.2-1726 and any obligation he may have pursuant to this section
to provide law enforcement for towns in fixing the number of deputies. The
governing body of any county or city may employ a greater number of
law-enforcement deputies than fixed by the Compensation Board, provided that
the county or city shall pay the total compensation and all employer costs for
such additional deputies.