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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 645 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 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1982, chapter 467; in 1986, chapter 474; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63242,"section_number":"51.1-210","catch_line":"Disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-210\/"},{"id":79980,"section_number":"51.1-220","catch_line":"Disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-220\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67999,"section_number":"65.2-100","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235389,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71977,"identifier":"51.1-158","token":"51.1\/1\/9\/51.1-158","url":"\/51.1-158\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-158\/","token":"51.1\/1\/9\/51.1-158","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reduction of benefits for acceptance of lump-sum settlement under Workers’ Compensation Act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-158","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The retirement allowance<\/span> (i) of any member<\/span> retiring for disability from a cause compensable under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act (\u00a7 65.2-100<\/a> et seq.) or (ii) of any surviving spouse, minor<\/span> child, or parent, eligible to receive a benefit as a result of the death of a member<\/span> from a cause compensable under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act, who elects to receive a lump-sum settlement<\/span> in lieu of periodic payments for disability or death compensable under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act shall be adjusted by an amount determined by dividing the workers’ compensation benefit which such person would have received had the lump-sum settlement<\/span> not been consummated, into the settlement<\/span> actually accepted by the member<\/span>, surviving spouse, child, or parent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREDUCTION OF BENEFITS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF LUMP-SUM SETTLEMENT UNDER WORKERS’\nCOMPENSATION ACT (\u00a7 51.1-158)\n\nThe retirement allowance (i) of any member retiring for disability from a cause\ncompensable under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act (\u00a7 65.2-100 et\nseq.) or (ii) of any surviving spouse, minor child, or parent, eligible to\nreceive a benefit as a result of the death of a member from a cause compensable\nunder the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act, who elects to receive a\nlump-sum settlement in lieu of periodic payments for disability or death\ncompensable under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act shall be adjusted\nby an amount determined by dividing the workers’ compensation benefit\nwhich such person would have received had the lump-sum settlement not been\nconsummated, into the settlement actually accepted by the member, surviving\nspouse, child, or parent.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 645, \u00a7 51-111.59:1; 1982, c. 467; 1986, c. 474; 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}}