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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 234 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":347380,"section_number":"15.2-1516","catch_line":"Exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1516\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":347377,"section_number":"15.2-1513","catch_line":"Joint local government employees permitted","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1513\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1380143,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347379,"identifier":"15.2-1515","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/2\/15.2-1515","url":"\/15.2-1515\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1515\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/2\/15.2-1515","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation, benefits and liability insurance of such persons","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1515","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every person employed under \u00a7 15.2-1513<\/a>, for purposes of salary, retirement, and other employee benefits, public liability insurance and bonds<\/span>, when required, shall be considered the employee of one locality<\/span>. The share of the costs of salary, retirement, and other employee benefits and expenses for the jointly employed person shall be paid to the primary employing locality<\/span> by the other localities using the services of such person in the manner and amount agreed upon.<\/p>

Such employment may be pursuant to written or unwritten agreement between or among the employing localities containing such other terms and conditions as agreed upon.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND LIABILITY INSURANCE OF SUCH PERSONS (\u00a7 15.2-1515)\n\nEvery person employed under \u00a7 15.2-1513, for purposes of salary, retirement,\nand other employee benefits, public liability insurance and bonds, when\nrequired, shall be considered the employee of one locality. The share of the\ncosts of salary, retirement, and other employee benefits and expenses for the\njointly employed person shall be paid to the primary employing locality by the\nother localities using the services of such person in the manner and amount\nagreed upon.\n\nSuch employment may be pursuant to written or unwritten agreement between or\namong the employing localities containing such other terms and conditions as\nagreed upon.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 234, \u00a7 15.1-20.4; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}