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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 3<\/a> and 732<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":199319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84639,"identifier":"30-79","token":"30\/10\/30-79","url":"\/30-79\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-79\/","token":"30\/10\/30-79","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-79","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Section 11 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia (1971) requires that the General Assembly maintain a state employees retirement system to be administered in the best interest of the beneficiaries thereof. In order<\/span> to fulfill this duty, continuing legislative oversight of the Virginia Retirement System (“Retirement System” or “System”) is essential. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The General Assembly hereby designates the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (“Commission”) to oversee and evaluate the Virginia Retirement System on a continuing basis and to make such special studies and reports as may be requested by the General Assembly, the House Committee on Appropriations, or the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSE (\u00a7 30-79)\n\nA. Section 11 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia (1971) requires that\nthe General Assembly maintain a state employees retirement system to be\nadministered in the best interest of the beneficiaries thereof. In order to\nfulfill this duty, continuing legislative oversight of the Virginia Retirement\nSystem (“Retirement System” or “System”) is essential.\n\nB. The General Assembly hereby designates the Joint Legislative Audit and Review\nCommission (“Commission”) to oversee and evaluate the Virginia\nRetirement System on a continuing basis and to make such special studies and\nreports as may be requested by the General Assembly, the House Committee on\nAppropriations, or the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 3, 732.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}