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Such employee shall be authorized to elect any option for the payment of his retirement allowance provided under subsection A of § 51.1-165 for which the employee is otherwise eligible.B\n\nThe average final compensation of any participating full-time employee taking a service retirement under any provision of this title shall be equal to his creditable compensation on the date of the commencement of the disability increased by an amount recommended by the program actuary and approved by the Board, from the date of the commencement of the disability to the date of retirement.C\n\nThe creditable service of a participating full-time employee taking service retirement pursuant to this section shall include periods during which the employee received disability benefits.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":262854,"text":"A participating full-time employee receiving disability benefits who is a vested member of the retirement system shall be eligible for service retirement under any provision of this title for which the employee is otherwise eligible. 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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 774<\/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 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 144<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 98<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 722<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83485,"section_number":"51.1-166","catch_line":"Post-retirement supplements generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-166\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71831,"section_number":"51.1-165","catch_line":"Optional benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-165\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235543,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72980,"identifier":"51.1-1117","token":"51.1\/11\/3\/51.1-1117","url":"\/51.1-1117\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1117\/","token":"51.1\/11\/3\/51.1-1117","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service retirement of participating full-time employees receiving disability benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1117","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A participating full-time employee receiving disability benefits<\/span> who is a vested member of the retirement system shall be eligible for service retirement under any provision of this title for which the employee is otherwise eligible. Such employee shall be authorized to elect any option for the payment of his retirement allowance provided under subsection A of § 51.1-165<\/a> for which the employee is otherwise eligible. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The average final compensation of any participating full-time employee taking a service retirement under any provision of this title shall be equal to his creditable compensation on the date of the commencement of the disability increased by an amount recommended by the program<\/span> actuary and approved by the Board, from the date of the commencement of the disability to the date of retirement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The creditable service of a participating full-time employee taking service retirement pursuant to this section shall include periods during which the employee received disability benefits<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE RETIREMENT OF PARTICIPATING FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES RECEIVING DISABILITY\nBENEFITS (\u00a7 51.1-1117)\n\nA. A participating full-time employee receiving disability benefits who is a\nvested member of the retirement system shall be eligible for service retirement\nunder any provision of this title for which the employee is otherwise eligible.\nSuch employee shall be authorized to elect any option for the payment of his\nretirement allowance provided under subsection A of § 51.1-165 for which\nthe employee is otherwise eligible.\n\nB. The average final compensation of any participating full-time employee taking\na service retirement under any provision of this title shall be equal to his\ncreditable compensation on the date of the commencement of the disability\nincreased by an amount recommended by the program actuary and approved by the\nBoard, from the date of the commencement of the disability to the date of\nretirement.\n\nC. The creditable service of a participating full-time employee taking service\nretirement pursuant to this section shall include periods during which the\nemployee received disability benefits.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2004, c. 98; 2011, c. 722.","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}}