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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 681<\/a> and 692<\/a> 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. 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 2006, chapter 66<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1462873,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367045,"identifier":"51.1-1304","token":"51.1\/13\/51.1-1304","url":"\/51.1-1304\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1304\/","token":"51.1\/13\/51.1-1304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Other retirement, pension systems not affected; annual report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any benefit restoration plan established by this chapter, and any plan adopted hereunder, shall exist and serve in addition to any other retirement, pension or benefit system established by the Commonwealth, its agencies, counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions, and shall not supersede, make inoperative or reduce any benefits provided by the Retirement System<\/span> or by any other retirement, pension or benefit program established by law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Retirement System<\/span> shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly annually on or before December 31 advising them of the condition and all operational costs associated with the benefit restoration plan. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOTHER RETIREMENT, PENSION SYSTEMS NOT AFFECTED; ANNUAL REPORT (\u00a7 51.1-1304)\n\nA. Any benefit restoration plan established by this chapter, and any plan\nadopted hereunder, shall exist and serve in addition to any other retirement,\npension or benefit system established by the Commonwealth, its agencies,\ncounties, municipalities or other political subdivisions, and shall not\nsupersede, make inoperative or reduce any benefits provided by the Retirement\nSystem or by any other retirement, pension or benefit program established by\nlaw.\n\nB. The Retirement System shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the\nGeneral Assembly annually on or before December 31 advising them of the\ncondition and all operational costs associated with the benefit restoration\nplan.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, cc. 681, 692; 2006, c. 66.","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"}}