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2006 SESSION
063956410Be 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 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 locality with a police force, the number
of full-time deputies shall be fixed at not less than two. 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; however, the number of deputies shall be fixed at not less
than 10 for any county without a police force. 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.