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1998 SESSION
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.
Except as provided in § 15.1-48 15.2-1603 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 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.