Bill Text: VA HB1530 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; each locality to have a chief deputy and other deputy registrars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (18-Y 4-N) [HB1530 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1530-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §24.2-112 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-112. Chief deputy and other deputy registrars; employees.
The electoral board of
each county and city shall determine the number of deputy registrars to serve
in the office of the general registrar, including any to serve full-time.
In Russell County,
there shall be at least one full-time deputy registrar who shall serve in the
office of the general registrar.
A. In
any county or city whose population is over
15,500 greater than
10,000, there shall be at
least one full-time deputy registrar who shall serve at
least one day each week as
the chief deputy registrar in the office of the general
registrar. Such deputy registrar shall be paid at
a rate not less than 60 percent of
the salary paid to the general registrar in that locality as established in the
general appropriation act.
B. Any
county or city whose population is 15,500 10,000 or less shall have at least one substitute
deputy registrar who is able to take over
the duties of the general registrar in an emergency and who shall assist the
general registrar when he requests who
shall serve as the chief deputy registrar in the office of the general
registrar. The general registrar
of such locality shall
have sole discretion to determine whether such
deputy registrar is hired to serve on a full-time or
part-time basis. If such
deputy registrar serves on a full-time basis, he
shall be paid at a rate not less than 60
percent of the salary paid to the general registrar in that
locality as established in the general appropriation act.
C. The electoral board of each locality shall, in consultation with the general registrar, determine the number of additional deputy registrars to serve in the office of the general registrar, including any to serve full time at the discretion of the general registrar.
D. The electoral board general registrar shall set
the term for the deputy registrars; however, their terms shall not extend beyond
the term set by law of the incumbent general registrar. The general registrar
shall appoint and establish the
duties of deputy registrars, appoint deputy
registrars, and have authority to remove any deputy
registrar who fails to discharge the duties of his office.
E. All deputy registrars shall have the same limitations and qualifications and fulfill the same requirements as the general registrar, except that (i) a deputy registrar may be an officer of election and (ii) a deputy registrar shall be a qualified voter of the Commonwealth but is not required to be a qualified voter of the county or city in which he serves as deputy registrar. Candidates who are residents in the county or city for which they seek appointment may be given preference in hiring. Localities may mutually agree to share a deputy registrar among two or more localities. Deputy registrars who agree to serve without pay shall be supervised and trained by the general registrar.
F. All other employees shall be employed by the general registrar. The general registrar may hire additional temporary employees on a part-time basis as needed.
G. The
compensation of any deputy registrar, other than those who agree to serve
without pay, or any other employee of the general registrar shall be fixed and
paid by the local governing body and shall be the equivalent of or exceed the
minimum hourly wage established by federal law in 29 U.S.C. § 206 (a)(1)
206(a)(1), as amended.
H. The general registrar shall not appoint to the office of paid deputy registrar his spouse or any person, or the spouse of any person, who is his parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild.
