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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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63466,"section_number":"51.1-1210","catch_line":"Administrative fee for rejoining the Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1210\/"},{"id":80911,"section_number":"55.1-2544","catch_line":"Property held or payable pursuant to Title 51.1","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2544\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235841,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71386,"identifier":"51.1-1209","token":"51.1\/12\/51.1-1209","url":"\/51.1-1209\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1209\/","token":"51.1\/12\/51.1-1209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of member not maintaining eligibility and being six months delinquent in making monthly payments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any member<\/span> who does not maintain his eligibility as a member<\/span> and who becomes six months delinquent in making the required quarterly payments by the date as determined by the Board, shall forfeit his membership in the Fund. Upon forfeiting his membership and becoming delinquent, such membership shall be reinstated only upon written request to the Board, and such reinstatement shall be at the sole discretion of the Board. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any member<\/span> who ceases to maintain his eligibility while in good standing, but notifies the Board of his intention to resume eligibility shall be reinstated upon written request to the Board. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF MEMBER NOT MAINTAINING ELIGIBILITY AND BEING SIX MONTHS DELINQUENT IN\nMAKING MONTHLY PAYMENTS (\u00a7 51.1-1209)\n\nA. Any member who does not maintain his eligibility as a member and who becomes\nsix months delinquent in making the required quarterly payments by the date as\ndetermined by the Board, shall forfeit his membership in the Fund. Upon\nforfeiting his membership and becoming delinquent, such membership shall be\nreinstated only upon written request to the Board, and such reinstatement shall\nbe at the sole discretion of the Board.\n\nB. Any member who ceases to maintain his eligibility while in good standing, but\nnotifies the Board of his intention to resume eligibility shall be reinstated\nupon written request to the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 664, 860.","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}}