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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 939<\/a> and 990<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70735,"section_number":"51.1-142.2","catch_line":"Prior service or membership credit for certain members; service credit for accumulated sick leave","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-142.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57401,"identifier":"51.1-143.1","token":"51.1\/1\/6\/51.1-143.1","url":"\/51.1-143.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-143.1\/","token":"51.1\/1\/6\/51.1-143.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Portability of service credit between the Virginia Retirement System and certain political subdivisions of the Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-143.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia Retirement System<\/span> may enter into an agreement with any political subdivision<\/span> of the Commonwealth which has a defined benefit plan that is not supplemental to the Retirement System<\/span> to permit any vested member<\/span> of the political subdivision<\/span>’s plan, upon entering service<\/span> in a covered position and filing a written application with the Retirement System<\/span>, to purchase service<\/span> credit, of an amount to be determined by the Board<\/span> of Trustees, in the Retirement System<\/span>. The purchase shall be accomplished by and upon the transfer of assets<\/span> to the Retirement System<\/span> from the political subdivision<\/span>’s plan as provided in the agreement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPORTABILITY OF SERVICE CREDIT BETWEEN THE VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND CERTAIN\nPOLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 51.1-143.1)\n\nThe Virginia Retirement System may enter into an agreement with any political\nsubdivision of the Commonwealth which has a defined benefit plan that is not\nsupplemental to the Retirement System to permit any vested member of the\npolitical subdivision’s plan, upon entering service in a covered position\nand filing a written application with the Retirement System, to purchase service\ncredit, of an amount to be determined by the Board of Trustees, in the\nRetirement System. The purchase shall be accomplished by and upon the transfer\nof assets to the Retirement System from the political subdivision’s plan\nas provided in the agreement.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 939, 990.","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}}