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1996 SESSION
962122152Be 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.
Except as provided in § 15.1-48 of the Code of Virginia, 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 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 2,000
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 §
15.1-131.3 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.