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1995 SESSION
LD8610180Patrons--Croshaw, Abbitt, Clement, Cooper, Cunningham, Hall, Jackson, Stump and Thomas
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 14.1-70 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 14.1-70. Number of deputies.
A. Except as provided in § 15.1-48 of the Code of Virginia, the
respective number of full-time deputies positions
appointed by allotted to the sheriff of a county
or city shall be fixed by the Compensation Board after receiving such
recommendation of requests and recommendations from the
board of supervisors of the county or, the council of
the city, or the sheriff, as the case may be, as the
board of supervisors or, the city
council, or the sheriff may desire to make.
Such recommendation Requests and
recommendations, if any, shall be made to the Compensation
Board on or before April February 1 of each year.
B. In any county without a police force, upon:
1. Upon the request of the board of supervisors of such
county sheriff, the number of such law-enforcement deputies
shall be fixed at not less than one such deputy for each 2,000 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 §
15.1-131.3 and any obligation he the sheriff may have
pursuant to this section to provide law enforcement for towns in fixing the
number of deputies.
2. Beginning July 1, 1996, upon the request of the sheriff, the minimum number of deputies fixed for service of process shall be based upon six papers served per hour in all cities and in counties with a population of 100,000 and above, three papers served per hour in counties with a population of 70,000 to 99,999, and two papers served per hour in counties with a population of less than 70,000, and 1,750 hours per year of available time per deputy.
3. Beginning July 1, 1996, upon the request of the sheriff, the number of deputies fixed for courtroom and courthouse security shall be based upon a minimum of two deputies in circuit court, one in general district court, and one in juvenile and domestic relations court for criminal cases at eight hours per day per deputy when court is in session and 1,750 hours per year of available time per deputy.
C. 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.
2. That no positions shall be abolished between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 1997 in any sheriff's office in which the number of positions exceeds the standards established in this act. However, positions which become vacant after July 1, 1997, in any sheriff's office in which the number of positions exceeds the standards established in this act shall be reallocated by the Compensation Board to other sheriffs' offices whose staffing levels do not meet the minimum standards of this act.