Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 15 Local Government Personnel, Qualification For Office, Bonds, Dual Office Holding And Certain Local ...

15.2-1500 Organization of local government
A. Every locality shall provide for all the governmental functions of the locality, including, without limitation, the organization of all departments, offices, boards, commissions and ...
15.2-1501 Designation of officers to perform certain duties
Whenever it is not designated by general law or special act which officer or employee of the locality shall exercise any power or perform any ...
15.2-1502 Employment of certain deputies and assistants; delegation of powers and duties
A. Local government officers may employ, when duly authorized by the governing body, deputies and assistants to aid them in carrying out their powers and ...
15.2-1503 Tenure of officers and employees; suspension or removal
A. All appointments of officers and hiring of other employees by a locality shall be without definite term, unless for temporary services not to exceed ...
15.2-1503.1 Background checks required for certain employees and licensees
Any locality having a local ordinance adopted in accordance with § 19.2-389 shall require any (i) applicant who is offered or accepts employment with the ...
15.2-1504 Use of tobacco products by government employees
No employee of or applicant for employment with a locality or any political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall be required, as a condition of employment, ...
15.2-1505 Employment based on residency prohibited for certain employees
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of general or special law, no locality, or any agency thereof, including school boards, or any local housing or redevelopment authority ...
15.2-1505.1 Applicant preemployment information
A locality may by ordinance, and in accordance with § 19.2-389, require applicants upon offer of employment with the locality to submit to fingerprinting and ...
15.2-1506 Establishment of grievance procedure, personnel system and uniform pay plan for employees
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, general or special, every locality which has more than fifteen employees shall have a grievance procedure ...
15.2-1507 Provision of grievance procedure; training programs
A. If a local governing body fails to adopt a grievance procedure required by § 15.2-1506 or fails to certify it as provided in this ...
15.2-1507.1 Appointment of standing panel in certain counties
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15.2-1507, in any county with the county manager form of government, the final step of its grievance procedure shall provide ...
15.2-1508 Bonuses for employees of local governments
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, the governing body of any locality may provide for payment of monetary bonuses to its officers ...
15.2-1508.1 Traveling expenses on business of town, city or county
Any person traveling on business of any locality except as hereinafter provided, wherein no part of the cost is borne by the Commonwealth may be ...
15.2-1508.2 Same; where Commonwealth bears portion of expenses
Any person traveling on business of any locality wherein the Commonwealth is required to bear a portion of the expenses may be reimbursed by any ...
15.2-1508.3 Governing bodies of certain cities and counties may supplement salaries and reimburse traveling exp...
The Counties of Arlington, Chesterfield, Clarke, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William may, in the discretion of their governing bodies, pay to persons employed by the ...
15.2-1508.4 Certain counties and cities may supplement salaries and reimburse traveling expenses of employees o...
The Counties of Arlington, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico, Loudoun, or Prince William, or the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, or Roanoke may, ...
15.2-1509 Preferences for veterans in local government employment
Consistent with the requirements and obligations to protected classes under federal or state law, any locality shall take into consideration or give preference to an ...
15.2-1510 Retirement systems
Any locality may establish a system for the retirement of injured or superannuated officers and employees; the members of the local police and fire departments; ...
15.2-1510.1 Public announcement of severance packages for certain officials
Severance benefits provided to any departing official appointed by a local governing body or school board shall be publicly announced by the local governing body ...
15.2-1511 Allowances to injured officials and employees and their dependents
The governing body of any locality is authorized in its discretion to make allowances by appropriation of funds, payable in monthly or semimonthly installments, for ...
15.2-1511.01 Allowances to injured deputy sheriffs.
A. In addition to the allowances provided in § 15.2-1511, any deputy sheriff who suffers injury as defined in Title 65.2 and whose allowance as ...
15.2-1511.1 Written benefit information to certain employees
If a local employee develops a life-threatening health condition, the local employer shall provide such employee written notification of all relevant benefit options and programs ...
15.2-1512 Oath and bond
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the person appointed or employed by the governing body, or its delegated representative, (i) shall take the ...
15.2-1512.1 Disposition of property received by subdivisions as result of conversion of mutual insurance compan...
The governing body of each locality that receives cash, shares of stock, or both, as a result of the conversion of Blue Cross and Blue ...
15.2-1512.2 Political activities of firefighters, emergency medical technicians and law-enforcement officers an...
A. For the purposes of this section: "Emergency medical technician" means any person who is employed within the fire department or public safety department of ...
15.2-1512.3 Telecommuting by local government employees
Each local government is authorized and encouraged to establish and implement a telecommuting policy under which eligible employees of such local government may telecommute to ...
15.2-1512.4 Rights of local employees to contact elected officials
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise restrict the right of any local employee to express opinions to state or local ...
15.2-1513 Joint local government employees permitted
Localities may jointly employ or share the services of any person. Persons so employed may include officers as well as other employees. (1991, c. 234, ...
15.2-1514 Exercise of powers and duties
Every person employed under § 15.2-1513 shall exercise in each of such localities all the powers conferred and duties imposed upon such person by law ...
15.2-1515 Compensation, benefits and liability insurance of such persons
Every person employed under § 15.2-1513, for purposes of salary, retirement, and other employee benefits, public liability insurance and bonds, when required, shall be considered ...
15.2-1516 Exceptions
The provisions of §§ 15.2-1513 through 15.2-1515 shall not be applicable to constitutional officers or their employees or other officers elected by the voters. (1991, ...
15.2-1517 Insurance for employees and retired employees of localities and other local governmental entities; ...
A. Any locality may provide group life, accident, and health insurance programs for their officers and employees, and employees of boards, commissions, agencies and authorities ...
15.2-1518 Liability insurance for officers, employees and volunteers of local government and members of its b...
Any locality and any political subdivision thereof may provide liability insurance or self-insurance for its fire department operational medical director, police department operational medical director, ...
15.2-1519 Liability insurance for employees of local departments and boards of welfare and social services; l...
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15.2-1518, the state Department of Social Services is authorized to obtain liability insurance for officers and employees of local departments ...
15.2-1520 Employment of counsel to defend localities and political subdivisions, governing bodies, officers o...
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, general or special, a locality, or political subdivision of such locality may employ the county, city or ...
15.2-1521 Providing legal fees and expenses for officer or employee of county, city or town in certain procee...
If any officer or employee of any locality is investigated, arrested or indicted or otherwise prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act ...
15.2-1522 When and how officers qualify
Every elected county, city, town and district officer, unless otherwise provided by law, on or before the day on which his term of office begins, ...
15.2-1523 Record of qualification
When an officer qualifies and gives bond, the judge shall certify the fact and the bond and certificate shall be returned to the clerk of ...
15.2-1524 Failure to qualify vacates office
If any such officer fails to qualify and give bond, as required by § 15.2-1523, on or before the day on which his term begins, ...
15.2-1525 Where officers shall reside
A. Every county officer shall, at the time of his election or appointment, have resided thirty days next preceding his election or appointment, either in ...
15.2-1526 Removal vacates office
If any officer, required by § 15.2-1525 to be a resident at the time of his election or appointment of the county, city, town or ...
15.2-1527 Bonds of officers
Every treasurer or director of finance, sheriff, clerk of a circuit court, commissioner of the revenue, and other persons in the offices of constitutional officers ...
15.2-1528 Penalties of bonds of sheriffs, clerks of the circuit court and commissioners of the revenu...
The penalty of the bond of a sheriff shall be $30,000. The bond of the clerk of a circuit court shall not be less than ...
15.2-1529 Amount of bond of treasurer or director of finance of counties
Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 15.2-416, 15.2-541, 15.2-642, 15.2-707 and 15.2-852 requiring the surety bond given by a county treasurer or director of finance to ...
15.2-1530 Bonds required of treasurers or directors of finance of cities
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, the penalty of the bond for treasurers or directors of finance of cities shall be not ...
15.2-1531 When certain city and county treasurers not required to give additional bond
Whenever the treasurer for any city or county is appointed finance officer under any regulation of the State Board of Education relating to the operation ...
15.2-1532 Payment of premiums on bonds for more than one year in advance
Governing bodies are authorized to pay out of their respective treasuries, the premiums on the surety bonds of all local officials who are required to ...
15.2-1533 Bond plan to be forwarded to clerk and Comptroller
The state Department of the Treasury, Division of Risk Management shall forward to the clerk of the circuit court for each county and city and ...
15.2-1534 Certain officers not to hold more than one office
A. Pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia, no person holding the office of treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk ...
15.2-1535 Members of governing body not to be elected or appointed by governing body to certain office...
A. Pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia, no member of a governing body of a locality shall be eligible, during ...
15.2-1536 Required and discretionary officers
Every locality shall appoint or designate a clerk for the governing body and in its discretion, a chief administrative officer and an attorney. (1997, c. ...
15.2-1537 Financial officer
Every locality, unless otherwise provided for by general law or special act or unless such functions are performed by the constitutional offices of treasurer and ...
15.2-1537.1 Disposition of state funds locally collected
All state funds collected by the financial officer shall be paid into the state treasury without deductions on account of their compensation or on account ...
15.2-1538 Clerk for the governing body
The governing body of every locality in this Commonwealth shall appoint a qualified person, who shall not be a member of the governing body, to ...
15.2-1539 General duties of clerk
It shall be the clerk's general duty to: 1. Record in a book the proceedings of the governing body; 2. Make regular entries of all ...
15.2-1540 Chief administrative officer
The governing body of any locality may appoint a chief administrative officer, who shall be designated county, city or town administrator or manager or executive, ...
15.2-1541 Administrative head of government
Every chief administrative officer shall be the administrative head of the local government in which he is employed. He shall be responsible to the governing ...
15.2-1541.1 Authority of county administrator to maintain centralized system of accounting
A county administrator shall maintain a centralized system of accounting for the county, including the county school board and the local board of social services, ...
15.2-1542 Creation of office of county, city or town attorney authorized; appointment, salary and dutie...
A. Every county, city or town, not otherwise authorized to create the office, may create the office of county, city or town attorney. Such attorney ...
15.2-1543 Employment of purchasing agent; duties
A. Any county may employ a county purchasing agent or designate some official or employee of the county to perform the duties herein provided, and ...
15.2-1544 Counties, cities, towns, school divisions, and certain political subdivisions may establish local t...
The governing body of any county, city, or town may establish a trust, trusts, or equivalent arrangements for the purpose of accumulating and investing assets ...
15.2-1545 Postemployment benefits other than pensions defined
Postemployment benefits other than pensions covered by the trust, trusts, or equivalent arrangement shall be defined by the governing body of the county, city, or ...
15.2-1546 Assets of trusts or equivalent arrangements for postemployment benefits other than pension...
The assets of any trust or equivalent arrangement for postemployment benefits other than pensions shall be exempt from state and local taxation, and the assets ...
15.2-1547 Creation of local finance boards to manage the assets of postemployment benefits trust or equivalen...
Except as otherwise provided herein, the governing body of any county, city, or town that establishes a trust, trusts, or equivalent arrangements for postemployment benefits ...
15.2-1548 Finance boards or alternatives thereto to manage the assets of trusts or equivalent arrangements t...
Except as otherwise provided herein, any finance board or any other person or entity serving as an alternative thereto pursuant to § 15.2-1547 shall retain ...
15.2-1549 Investment of assets of trusts or equivalent arrangement for postemployment benefits other than pen...
All funds appropriated to a trust or equivalent arrangement for postemployment benefits other than pensions, as defined in § 15.2-1545, and all funds accrued from ...

Last modified: April 2, 2009