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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 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 1958, chapter 367; in 1960, chapter 400; in 1973, chapter 523; in 1974, chapter 353; in 1975, chapter 296; in 1976, chapter 581; in 1977, chapter 620; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235257,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83773,"identifier":"51.1-133","token":"51.1\/1\/5\/51.1-133","url":"\/51.1-133\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-133\/","token":"51.1\/1\/5\/51.1-133","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation on membership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-133","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Employees<\/span> who are <span class=\"dictionary\">members<\/span> of any retirement, pension, or benefit fund partially or wholly supported by public funds shall not be entitled to become <span class=\"dictionary\">members<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">retirement system<\/span> on that part of their compensation covered by the fund except as provided under this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION ON MEMBERSHIP (\u00a7 51.1-133)\n\nEmployees who are members of any retirement, pension, or benefit fund partially\nor wholly supported by public funds shall not be entitled to become members of\nthe retirement system on that part of their compensation covered by the fund\nexcept as provided under this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 157, \u00a7 51-111.31; 1954, c. 241; 1958, c. 367; 1960, c. 400;\n1973, c. 523; 1974, c. 353; 1975, c. 296; 1976, c. 581; 1977, c. 620; 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}}