Bill Text: VA HB672 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth; Compensation Board to provide for every county and city.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns [HB672 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB672-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§15.2-1626 and 15.2-1632 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§15.2-1626. Attorney for the Commonwealth.
The voters in every county and city shall elect an attorney for the Commonwealth unless otherwise provided by general law or special act. The attorney for the Commonwealth shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed upon such officer by general law. He may perform such other duties, not inconsistent with his office, as the governing body may request. He shall be elected as provided by general law for a term of four years. Every county and city may, with the approval of the Compensation Board, provide for employing compensated assistants to the attorney for the Commonwealth as in the opinion of the Compensation Board may be required. However, the Compensation Board shall provide for employing at least one compensated assistant to the attorney for the Commonwealth in every county and city where the attorney for the Commonwealth devotes his full time to his duties and does not engage in the private practice of law. Such assistant or assistants shall be appointed by the attorney for the Commonwealth for a term coterminous with his own. The compensation for such assistants to the attorneys for the Commonwealth shall be as provided for assistants to attorneys for the Commonwealth under §15.2-1627.1.
§15.2-1632. Employment of assistants to attorneys for the Commonwealth, subject to approval of Compensation Board.
Every In addition to the one compensated assistant to the
attorney for the Commonwealth provided
for in §
15.2-1626, every county and city may, with the approval of
the Compensation Board, provide for employing
such an
additional compensated assistant or multiple
assistants to the attorney for the Commonwealth as in the opinion of the
governing body may be required. Such assistant or assistants shall be appointed
by the attorney for the Commonwealth. The compensation for such assistants to
the attorneys for the Commonwealth shall be as provided for assistants to
attorneys for the Commonwealth under §15.2-1627.1.
