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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 353 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. Unfortunately, the 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1990, chapter 832; in 1994, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0004\">4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0085\">85<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235081,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78948,"identifier":"51.1-124.6","token":"51.1\/1\/1.1\/51.1-124.6","url":"\/51.1-124.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-124.6\/","token":"51.1\/1\/1.1\/51.1-124.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Benefits to be paid monthly","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-124.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All benefits payable by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Retirement System<\/span> shall be paid in equal monthly installments, unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> approves another method of payment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBENEFITS TO BE PAID MONTHLY (\u00a7 51.1-124.6)\n\nAll benefits payable by the Retirement System shall be paid in equal monthly\ninstallments, unless the Board approves another method of payment.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 353, \u00a7 51-111.71; 1990, c. 832, \u00a7 51.1-104; 1994, cc. 4, 85.","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}}