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No employee who is an active member of the Federal Employees&#8217; Retirement System shall also be an active member or beneficiary other than a contingent annuitant of the retirement system or any retirement plan authorized by this chapter or administered by the Board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":198596,"text":"The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service is hereby authorized to make contributions into the Federal Employees&#8217; Retirement System for the benefit of its employees who hold federal governmental appointments and who elect to participate in the system. 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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 4 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 1978, chapter 841; in 1982, chapter 467; in 1987, chapter 215; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54112,"identifier":"51.1-127","token":"51.1\/1\/4\/51.1-127","url":"\/51.1-127\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-127\/","token":"51.1\/1\/4\/51.1-127","dublin_core":{"Title":"Federal Employees&#8217; Retirement System","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-127","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Virginia Cooperative Extension <span class=\"dictionary\">Service<\/span> is hereby authorized to make contributions into the Federal <span class=\"dictionary\">Employees<\/span>&#8217; <span class=\"dictionary\">Retirement System<\/span> for the benefit of its <span class=\"dictionary\">employees<\/span> who hold federal governmental appointments and who elect to participate in the system. No <span class=\"dictionary\">employee<\/span> who is an active <span class=\"dictionary\">member<\/span> of the Federal <span class=\"dictionary\">Employees<\/span>&#8217; <span class=\"dictionary\">Retirement System<\/span> shall also be an active <span class=\"dictionary\">member<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">beneficiary<\/span> other than a contingent annuitant of the <span class=\"dictionary\">retirement system<\/span> or any retirement plan authorized by this chapter or administered by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEDERAL EMPLOYEES&#8217; RETIREMENT SYSTEM (\u00a7 51.1-127)\n\nThe Virginia Cooperative Extension Service is hereby authorized to make\ncontributions into the Federal Employees&#8217; Retirement System for the\nbenefit of its employees who hold federal governmental appointments and who\nelect to participate in the system. No employee who is an active member of the\nFederal Employees&#8217; Retirement System shall also be an active member or\nbeneficiary other than a contingent annuitant of the retirement system or any\nretirement plan authorized by this chapter or administered by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 157, \u00a7 51-111.28; 1978, c. 841; 1982, c. 467; 1987, c. 215;\n1990, c. 832.","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}}