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The Board or its designee shall (i) request such general fund appropriations as necessary to maintain the Fund, (ii) make determinations of eligibility for membership in the Fund, (iii) approve applications for service awards to be paid from the Fund, and (iv) exercise all other powers necessary for the administration of this chapter and management of the Fund. Member contributions to the Fund shall be segregated into separate member accounts and be used only to pay service awards to its members. The Board shall adopt rules and policies that bring the Fund into compliance with any applicable law or regulation of this Commonwealth or the United States.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226097,"text":"The Board shall promulgate such rules and policies as are necessary to carry out its responsibilities as required by this chapter. 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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 664<\/a> and 860<\/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 2001, chapter 672<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84073,"section_number":"51.1-124.30","catch_line":"Board as trustee of funds; investments; standard of care; liability for losses","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-124.30\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235813,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61929,"identifier":"51.1-1202","token":"51.1\/12\/51.1-1202","url":"\/51.1-1202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1202\/","token":"51.1\/12\/51.1-1202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of the Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board shall promulgate such rules and policies as are necessary to carry out its responsibilities as required by this chapter. The Board may contract<\/span> the administrative services related to the service awards provided for herein and designate authority for the administration of those service awards based on the standards set forth in \u00a7 51.1-124.30<\/a>. The Board or its designee shall (i) request such general fund appropriations as necessary to maintain the Fund, (ii) make determinations of eligibility for membership in the Fund, (iii) approve applications for service awards to be paid from the Fund, and (iv) exercise all other powers necessary for the administration of this chapter and management of the Fund. Member<\/span> contributions to the Fund shall be segregated into separate member<\/span> accounts and be used only to pay service awards to its members<\/span>. The Board shall adopt rules and policies that bring the Fund into compliance with any applicable law<\/span> or regulation of this Commonwealth or the United States.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD (\u00a7 51.1-1202)\n\nThe Board shall promulgate such rules and policies as are necessary to carry out\nits responsibilities as required by this chapter. The Board may contract the\nadministrative services related to the service awards provided for herein and\ndesignate authority for the administration of those service awards based on the\nstandards set forth in \u00a7 51.1-124.30. The Board or its designee shall (i)\nrequest such general fund appropriations as necessary to maintain the Fund, (ii)\nmake determinations of eligibility for membership in the Fund, (iii) approve\napplications for service awards to be paid from the Fund, and (iv) exercise all\nother powers necessary for the administration of this chapter and management of\nthe Fund. Member contributions to the Fund shall be segregated into separate\nmember accounts and be used only to pay service awards to its members. The Board\nshall adopt rules and policies that bring the Fund into compliance with any\napplicable law or regulation of this Commonwealth or the United States.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 664, 860; 2001, c. 672.","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}}