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1997 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-32 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-32. Salary of members.
A. The school board of the following counties may pay each of its members an annual salary not to exceed the limits hereinafter set forth:
Accomack - $3,000.00;
Albemarle - $3,300.00;
Alleghany - $1,500.00;
Amelia - $1,200.00;
Amherst - $2,400.00;
Appomattox - $3,000.00;
Arlington - $7,000.00 8,000.00;
Augusta - $2,400.00;
Bath - $3,500.00;
Bedford - $2,400.00;
Bland - $2,400.00;
Botetourt - $3,600.00;
Brunswick - $1,800.00;
Buchanan - $1,800.00;
Buckingham - $3,600.00;
Campbell - $2,400.00;
Caroline - $2,400.00;
Carroll - $2,400.00;
Charles City - $2,400.00;
Charlotte - $2,400.00;
Chesterfield - $7,000.00;
Clarke - $1,200.00;
Craig - $2,500.00;
Culpeper - $3,500.00;
Cumberland - $1,800.00;
Dickenson - $1,500.00;
Dinwiddie - $2,700.00;
Essex - $1,800.00;
Fairfax - $8,000.00 12,500.00;
Fauquier - $5,000.00;
Floyd - $3,000.00;
Fluvanna - $1,800.00 2,400.00;
Franklin - $3,600.00;
Frederick - $2,400.00;
Giles - $2,400.00;
Gloucester - $2,400.00 3,000.00;
Goochland - $1,800.00 2,400.00;
Grayson - $3,000.00;
Greene - $1,800.00 3,600.00;
Greensville - $1,800.00;
Halifax - $2,400.00;
Hanover - $4,600.00;
Henrico - $7,000.00;
Henry - $2,400.00;
Highland - $2,000.00;
Isle of Wight - $2,000.00 4,000.00;
James City - $3,000.00;
King and Queen - $2,400.00;
King George - $3,600.00;
King William - $2,400.00;
Lancaster - $3,000.00;
Lee - $2,400.00;
Loudoun - $8,000.00;
Louisa - $3,600.00;
Lunenburg - $2,400.00;
Madison - $1,800.00;
Mathews - $1,240.00;
Mecklenburg - $1,500.00;
Middlesex - $1,200.00;
Montgomery - $3,600.00;
Nelson - $1,800.00;
New Kent - $1,200.00;
Northampton - $1,800.00;
Northumberland - $2,400.00;
Nottoway - $2,400.00;
Orange - $2,500.00;
Page - $3,600.00;
Patrick - $1,600.00;
Pittsylvania - $3,000.00;
Powhatan - $1,500.00 5,000.00;
Prince Edward - $2,400.00;
Prince George - $1,800.00;
Prince William - $8,000.00;
Pulaski - $1,800.00;
Rappahannock - $ 600.00;
Richmond - $3,400.00;
Roanoke - $6,000.00;
Rockbridge - $1,200.00;
Rockingham - $3,800.00;
Russell - $1,800.00;
Scott - $2,400.00;
Shenandoah - $2,400.00;
Smyth - $2,400.00;
Southampton - $2,400.00;
Spotsylvania - $3,600.00 7,500.00;
Stafford - $2,400.00;
Surry - $2,400.00;
Sussex - $2,100.00;
Tazewell - $2,400.00;
Warren - $1,500.00;
Washington - $6,000.00;
Westmoreland - $2,400.00;
Wise - $4,800.00;
Wythe - $2,400.00;
York - $3,000.00.
B. The school board of the following cities and towns may pay each of its members an annual salary not to exceed the limits hereinafter set forth:
Alexandria - $5,000.00;
Bristol - $1,500.00;
Charlottesville - $3,000.00;
Chesapeake - $3,500.00 5,000.00;
Colonial Beach - $1,500.00;
Covington - $1,500.00;
Danville - $ 600.00;
Emporia - $ 240.00;
Fairfax - $3,000.00;
Fredericksburg - $3,600.00;
Fries - $ 240.00;
Hampton - $3,000.00;
Hopewell - $2,400.00;
Lexington - $ 600.00;
Manassas - $2,400.00;
Manassas Park - $1,800.00;
Martinsville - $2,400.00;
Newport News - $3,000.00;
Norfolk - $3,000.00;
Norton - $1,800.00;
Petersburg - $2,400.00;
Poquoson - $3,000.00;
Portsmouth - $2,700.00;
Radford - $3,600.00;
Richmond - $7,000.00;
Roanoke - $2,400.00 3,000.00;
Salem - $1,700.00;
South Boston - $ 600.00;
Suffolk - $2,000.00 3,500.00;
Virginia Beach - $3,600.00;
Waynesboro - $2,400.00;
Williamsburg - $3,000.00.
C. Any school board may in its discretion, pay the chairman of the school board
an additional salary not exceeding $1,100 per year upon passage of an
appropriate resolution by (i) the school board whose membership is elected in
whole or in part, or (ii) the governing body of the appropriate
county, city, or town whose school board is comprised solely of appointed
members.
D. Any school board may in its discretion pay each of its members mileage for use of a private vehicle in attending meetings of the school board and in conducting other official business of the school board.
E. Contingent upon finalization of the planned consolidation of the school divisions of Alleghany County and the City of Clifton Forge, the members of the newly consolidated school board representing the City of Clifton Forge shall be paid an amount equal to that paid the members of the present school board of Alleghany County.
F. No school board shall request the General Assembly's consideration of an increase in its annual salary limit as established in this section unless such school board has taken an affirmative vote on the requested increase. Further, no school board, whose membership is elected in whole or in part, shall be awarded a salary increase, unless, upon an affirmative vote by such school board, a specific salary increase, within the limit set herein, shall be approved. Every proposed change in the annual salary for members of local school boards shall be adopted consistent with procedures applicable to salary changes for the relevant local governing body.