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The Adjutant General may increase state active duty pay on an annual basis by a rate not to exceed the most recent percentage increase in basic pay for members of the Armed Forces.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1355564,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when called into state active duty, not in the service of the United States, members of the National Guard and members of the Virginia Defense Force shall receive pay and allowances equal to their rank and years of service, as determined by the Department of Military Affairs. 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It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 393; in 1988, chapter 352; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0572\">572<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0586\">586<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0341\">341<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0832\">832<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363925,"identifier":"44-83","token":"44\/1\/7\/44-83","url":"\/44-83\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-83\/","token":"44\/1\/7\/44-83","dublin_core":{"Title":"Pay and allowance of members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-83","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, when called into state active duty, not in the service of the United States, members of the National Guard and members of the Virginia Defense Force shall receive pay and allowances equal to their rank and years of service, as determined by the Department of Military Affairs. 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The Adjutant General may increase state active duty pay on an annual\nbasis by a rate not to exceed the most recent percentage increase in basic pay\nfor members of the Armed Forces.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 964; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(69); 1958, c. 393; 1988, c.\n352; 2011, cc. 572, 586; 2016, c. 341; 2020, c. 832.","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"}}