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Any such program entered into or expenditure made before June 28, 1968, is hereby validated.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1375724,"text":"The Virginia State Bar through its governing body is authorized to approve and be a party to a master retirement program for the benefit of the members of the Virginia State Bar, their employees and families, including the power to execute, amend and revoke a master plan and trust agreement and to pay from the State Bar Fund in the manner provided in \u00a7 54.1-3913 the printing and administrative costs incurred in the promulgation and explanation of such program to the members of the Virginia State Bar. Any such program entered into or expenditure made before June 28, 1968, is hereby validated.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":52567,"edition_id":2,"name":"Bar Organization and Government","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":2,"parent_id":52565,"metadata":{"child_laws":14,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:01:09","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:18","permalink":{"id":1471277,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52567,"identifier":"2","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2","url":"\/54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52565,"edition_id":2,"name":"Attorneys","identifier":"39","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52564,"metadata":{"child_laws":55,"child_structures":7},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:01:07","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:18","permalink":{"id":1471229,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52565,"identifier":"39","token":"54.1\/IV\/39","url":"\/54.1\/IV\/39\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52564,"edition_id":2,"name":"Professions Regulated by the Supreme Court","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":4,"parent_id":52436,"metadata":{"child_laws":55,"child_structures":8},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:01:07","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:18","permalink":{"id":1471227,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52564,"identifier":"IV","token":"54.1\/IV","url":"\/54.1\/IV\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52436,"edition_id":2,"name":"Professions and Occupations","identifier":"54.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":118,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":1282,"child_structures":163},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:58:52","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:51","permalink":{"id":1466315,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52436,"identifier":"54.1","token":"54.1","url":"\/54.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":368925,"structure_id":52567,"section_number":"54.1-3909","catch_line":"Rules and regulations defining practice of law and prescribing procedures for practice of law by law students, codes of ethics, use of limited liability companies, and disciplinary procedure","url":"\/54.1-3909\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3909","metadata":false},{"id":368927,"structure_id":52567,"section_number":"54.1-3910","catch_line":"Organization and government of Virginia State Bar","url":"\/54.1-3910\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3910","metadata":false},{"id":368926,"structure_id":52567,"section_number":"54.1-3910.1","catch_line":"Enforcement, etc., of costs","url":"\/54.1-3910.1\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3910.1","metadata":false},{"id":368928,"structure_id":52567,"section_number":"54.1-3911","catch_line":"Transmission of certain information to the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice","url":"\/54.1-3911\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3911","metadata":false},{"id":368929,"structure_id":52567,"section_number":"54.1-3912","catch_line":"Fees","url":"\/54.1-3912\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3912","metadata":false},{"id":368931,"structure_id":52567,"section_number":"54.1-3913","catch_line":"State Bar Fund; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 370 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 1968 \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 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":368931,"section_number":"54.1-3913","catch_line":"State Bar Fund; receipts; disbursements","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3913\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1471323,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368937,"identifier":"54.1-3917","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3917","url":"\/54.1-3917\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3917\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3917","dublin_core":{"Title":"Master retirement program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3917","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Virginia State Bar through its governing body is authorized to approve and be a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> to a master retirement program for the benefit of the members of the Virginia State Bar, their employees and families, including the power to execute, <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> and revoke a master plan and trust agreement and to pay from the State Bar Fund in the manner provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"State Bar Fund; receipts; disbursements\" href=\"\/54.1-3913\/\">54.1-3913<\/a> the printing and administrative costs incurred in the promulgation and explanation of such program to the members of the Virginia State Bar. Any such program entered into or expenditure made before June 28, 1968, is hereby validated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMASTER RETIREMENT PROGRAM (\u00a7 54.1-3917)\n\nThe Virginia State Bar through its governing body is authorized to approve and\nbe a party to a master retirement program for the benefit of the members of the\nVirginia State Bar, their employees and families, including the power to\nexecute, amend and revoke a master plan and trust agreement and to pay from the\nState Bar Fund in the manner provided in \u00a7 54.1-3913 the printing and\nadministrative costs incurred in the promulgation and explanation of such\nprogram to the members of the Virginia State Bar. Any such program entered into\nor expenditure made before June 28, 1968, is hereby validated.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 370, \u00a7 54-52.2; 1988, c. 765.","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"}}