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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 157 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 7 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 1960, chapter 604; in 1977, chapter 620; in 1978, chapter 841; in 1980, chapters 637, 638, and 646; in 1982, chapters 467 and 478; 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":[{"id":86868,"section_number":"51.1-505","catch_line":"Amounts of life and accident insurance for each employee; reduction and termination of insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-505\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235089,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83914,"identifier":"51.1-124.8","token":"51.1\/1\/1.1\/51.1-124.8","url":"\/51.1-124.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-124.8\/","token":"51.1\/1\/1.1\/51.1-124.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons affected by changes in retirement benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-124.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless otherwise specifically stated, legislation which effects a change in the amount of a retirement benefit other than a post-retirement supplement shall be construed to effect only the benefits of those persons who qualify for a <span class=\"dictionary\">retirement allowance<\/span> on or after the effective date of the legislation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS AFFECTED BY CHANGES IN RETIREMENT BENEFITS (\u00a7 51.1-124.8)\n\nUnless otherwise specifically stated, legislation which effects a change in the\namount of a retirement benefit other than a post-retirement supplement shall be\nconstrued to effect only the benefits of those persons who qualify for a\nretirement allowance on or after the effective date of the legislation.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 157, \u00a7 51-111.16; 1960, c. 604; 1977, c. 620; 1978, c. 841;\n1980, cc. 637, 638, 646; 1982, cc. 467, 478; 1990, c. 832, \u00a7 51.1-106; 1994,\ncc. 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}}