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This law was first created in 1952. 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 9 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 1954, chapter 241; in 1960, chapter 400; in 1973, chapter 523; in 1978, chapter 841; in 1982, chapter 467; in 1984, chapter 430; in 1985, chapter 490; in 1987, chapter 575; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71900,"section_number":"2.2-2203.3","catch_line":"Employees; employment; personnel rules","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2203.3\/"},{"id":79842,"section_number":"23.1-2415","catch_line":"Employees of the Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2415\/"},{"id":80981,"section_number":"33.2-290","catch_line":"Executive Director; agents and employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-290\/"},{"id":70232,"section_number":"4.1-101.05","catch_line":"Employees of the Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-101.05\/"},{"id":75563,"section_number":"4.1-623","catch_line":"Employees of the Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-623\/"},{"id":65817,"section_number":"51.1-126.8","catch_line":"Maximum contributions to optional plans; coordination of limits","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-126.8\/"},{"id":59839,"section_number":"62.1-129.1","catch_line":"Employees; employment; personnel rules; health insurance; retirement plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-129.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235191,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84519,"identifier":"51.1-125","token":"51.1\/1\/4\/51.1-125","url":"\/51.1-125\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-125\/","token":"51.1\/1\/4\/51.1-125","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons composing membership; persons holding more than one position","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-125","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> All persons who become employees<\/span> after March 1, 1952, shall be members<\/span> of the retirement system<\/span>, except for the following persons: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Any person who elects not to participate as provided in this chapter, or who elected not to participate in the abolished system<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any person who becomes an employee<\/span> and who elects to remain a member<\/span> of a local pension system where such election is allowed by state law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any member<\/span> of a local system who through promotion achieves a position bringing him within the definition of a teacher<\/span> if he elects within sixty days, with the concurrence of his employer<\/span>, to remain a member<\/span> of the local system. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person shall hold more than one membership in the retirement system<\/span> at any one time with respect to any of the benefits provided under this title. Any person employed in more than one position resulting in membership shall elect one position on which his membership shall be based by written notification thereof to the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS COMPOSING MEMBERSHIP; PERSONS HOLDING MORE THAN ONE POSITION (\u00a7\n51.1-125)\n\nA. All persons who become employees after March 1, 1952, shall be members of the\nretirement system, except for the following persons:\n\n 1. Any person who elects not to participate as provided in this chapter, or\n who elected not to participate in the abolished system.\n\n 2. Any person who becomes an employee and who elects to remain a member of a\n local pension system where such election is allowed by state law.\n\n 3. Any member of a local system who through promotion achieves a position\n bringing him within the definition of a teacher if he elects within sixty\n days, with the concurrence of his employer, to remain a member of the local\n system.\n\nB. No person shall hold more than one membership in the retirement system at any\none time with respect to any of the benefits provided under this title. Any\nperson employed in more than one position resulting in membership shall elect\none position on which his membership shall be based by written notification\nthereof to the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 157, \u00a7 51-111.27; 1954, c. 241; 1960, c. 400; 1973, c. 523;\n1978, c. 841; 1982, c. 467; 1984, c. 430; 1985, c. 490; 1987, c. 575; 1990, c.\n832.","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}}