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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 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 1976, chapter 654; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68128,"section_number":"51.1-600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235239,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71232,"identifier":"51.1-129","token":"51.1\/1\/4\/51.1-129","url":"\/51.1-129\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-129\/","token":"51.1\/1\/4\/51.1-129","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation on membership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-129","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No provision of any other statute<\/span> which provides that the Commonwealth shall pay the entire or a portion of the cost of retirement benefits for employees<\/span>, their surviving spouses, or other dependents shall apply to members<\/span> or beneficiaries of the retirement system<\/span>, or to their surviving spouses, or other dependents. This provision shall not apply to any benefits extended under any agreement between the Commonwealth and the federal government, or any agency thereof, or any benefits extended under the Government Employees<\/span> Deferred Compensation Plan Act (\u00a7 51.1-600<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION ON MEMBERSHIP (\u00a7 51.1-129)\n\nNo provision of any other statute which provides that the Commonwealth shall pay\nthe entire or a portion of the cost of retirement benefits for employees, their\nsurviving spouses, or other dependents shall apply to members or beneficiaries\nof the retirement system, or to their surviving spouses, or other dependents.\nThis provision shall not apply to any benefits extended under any agreement\nbetween the Commonwealth and the federal government, or any agency thereof, or\nany benefits extended under the Government Employees Deferred Compensation Plan\nAct (\u00a7 51.1-600 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 157, \u00a7 51-111.30; 1976, c. 654; 1990, 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}}