Virginia Code 22.1-83: Payment of employee’s legal fees and expenses
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If an employee of a school board is arrested, indicted or otherwise prosecuted on any charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his duties as such employee and such charge is subsequently dismissed or a verdict of not guilty is rendered or if an employee of a school board is made a defendant in any civil action arising out of his actions in connection with his duties as such employee, the school board may pay the legal fees and expenses of such employee.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 22.1-83
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- School board: means the school board that governs a school division. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
Code 1950, § 22-56.1:1; 1978, c. 135; 1980, c. 559.