CHAPTER 194

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-555 of the Code of 1950, 1«-
lating to relief of officials and employees of counties, cities

and towns and to add relief for their dependents; and to
repeal §§ 15.24.1 and 27-88 relating in part to the same

subject.
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Approved March 14, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-555 of the Code of 1950 be amended and re-
enacted as follows:

§ 15-555. Allowance to officials, employees, policemen or
firemen, and their dependents in case of death, when injured
in performance of duties or when death results from injuries in
the performance of duties.—The governing body of any county,
city or town is authorized in its discretion to make allowances
hy appropriation of funds, payable in monthly or semimonthly
installments, for the relief of any of its officials, employees,
policemen or firemen, or their dependents, who suffer injury or
death as defined in Title 65, whether such injury was suffered
or death occurs before or after June 29, 1948. The allowance
shall not exceed the salary or wage being paid such official, em-
ployee, policeman or fireman at the time of such injury or death,
and the payment of the allowance shall not extend beyond the
period of disability resulting from such injury. In case death
results from the injury, the allowance may be made for the de-
pendents as defined in Title 65. In counties, cities and towns
which have established retirement or pension systems for in-
jured, retired or superannuated officials, employees, members of
police or fire departments, or for the dependents of those killed
in line of duty, the agencies provided for the administration of
such systems shall determine the existence of such injury or
cause of death before any appropriation to pay such allowance
is made and shall determine the extent of and period of dis-
ability resulting from such injury and the cause in case of
death. All sums paid to any such official, employee, policeman
or fireman as compensation under Title 65 and all sums paid to
the dependents of such official, employee, policeman or fire-
man, tf he 1s killed, and all sums paid under any retirement or
pension system shall be deducted from the allowance made under
this section in such installments as the agency determines. If
the agency determines that any official, employee, policeman or
fireman who suffered injury in the line of duty is engaged or ‘is
able to engage in a gainful occupation, then the allowance shall
be reduced by the agency to an amount which, together with the
amount earnable by him, equals the allowance. Should the
earning capacity of the official, employee, policeman or fireman
be later changed, such allowance may be further modified, up
or down, provided the new allowance shall not exceed the
amount of the allowance originally made nor an amount which,
when added to the amount earnable by him, exceeds such
allowance.

2. §§15-24.1 and 27-38, for relief of certain officials and em-
ployees, including policemen and firemen, are repealed.