AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS

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Pursuant to the requirements of §§ 14.1-51, 14.1-63 through 14.1-67, 14.1-70 and 14.1-79, every county and city shall appropriate as part of its annual budget or in amendments thereto amounts for salaries, expenses and other allowances for its constitutional officers that are not less than those established for such offices in the locality by the Compensation Board pursuant to applicable law or, in the event of an appeal pursuant to § 14.1-52, by the circuit court in accordance with the provisions of that section