63.2-1948 - Payment by Department for legal services. - Virginia Statutes

§ 63.2-1948. Payment by Department for legal services.

Notwithstanding any provision of §§ 2.2-2814, 2.2-2815, 2.2-2816, 2.2-2823,2.2-2824, 2.2-2825 or § 2.2-2826 to the contrary, whenever there shall beauthorized by law an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Department maycontract with the county or city or combination thereof for whom suchattorney for the Commonwealth is authorized regarding the payment by theDepartment of the salary, expenses, including secretarial services, andallowances or part thereof of such attorney, as shall be approved by theCompensation Board, for the entire time devoted to these duties. Any suchcontract may provide that the county, city or combination thereof shall paysuch salary, expenses and allowances and that the Department shall reimbursesuch county or city therefor. The amount of such salary, expenses andallowances shall be set by the Compensation Board as provided by law.

Whenever there is in any county or city a county attorney or city attorneywhose duties consist of legal services with respect to the provisions of thischapter, the Department may contract with such county or city regarding theduties of such county or city attorney and regarding payment by theDepartment of the salary, expenses, including secretarial services, andallowances or part thereof of such attorney for the time devoted to theseduties. Any such contract may provide that the county or city shall pay suchsalary, expenses and allowances and that the Department shall reimburse suchcounty or city therefor.

(1988, c. 906, § 63.1-274.9; 2002, c. 747.)