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The Board may provide alternative methods of distribution in lieu of a lump sum distribution to members entitled to a service award under this section.\n\t\tThe distributions provided shall be in addition to all pensions or other benefits under any other statutes of the Commonwealth or the United States.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":203494,"text":"Any member who has attained the age of sixty and who has ten years of creditable service as an eligible volunteer shall be entitled to a distribution from the Fund equivalent to the contributions that he has made, the appropriate matching contributions made on his behalf, and any investment gains on such contributions less any losses, provided that such amount shall be reduced by the amount of any distribution to such member under \u00a7 51.1-1206. 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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 2 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 2001, chapter 672<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 349<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81638,"section_number":"51.1-1206","catch_line":"Other distributions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1206\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235825,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55525,"identifier":"51.1-1205","token":"51.1\/12\/51.1-1205","url":"\/51.1-1205\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1205\/","token":"51.1\/12\/51.1-1205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Equivalent distribution","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any member<\/span> who has attained the age of sixty and who has ten years of creditable service<\/span> as an eligible volunteer<\/span> shall be entitled to a distribution from the Fund equivalent to the contributions that he has made, the appropriate matching contributions made on his behalf, and any investment gains on such contributions less any losses, provided that such amount shall be reduced by the amount of any distribution to such member<\/span> under \u00a7 51.1-1206<\/a>. The Board may provide alternative methods of distribution in lieu of a lump sum distribution to members<\/span> entitled to a service award under this section.\n\t\tThe distributions provided shall be in addition to all pensions or other benefits under any other statutes<\/span> of the Commonwealth or the United States.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEQUIVALENT DISTRIBUTION (\u00a7 51.1-1205)\n\nAny member who has attained the age of sixty and who has ten years of creditable\nservice as an eligible volunteer shall be entitled to a distribution from the\nFund equivalent to the contributions that he has made, the appropriate matching\ncontributions made on his behalf, and any investment gains on such contributions\nless any losses, provided that such amount shall be reduced by the amount of any\ndistribution to such member under \u00a7 51.1-1206. The Board may provide\nalternative methods of distribution in lieu of a lump sum distribution to\nmembers entitled to a service award under this section.\n\t\tThe distributions provided shall be in addition to all pensions or other\nbenefits under any other statutes of the Commonwealth or the United States.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 664, 860; 2001, c. 672; 2002, c. 349.","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}}