{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/51.1-201.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/51.1-201.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/51.1-201.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/51.1-201.html"}],"law_id":54544,"edition_id":1,"section_id":54544,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-201","catch_line":"Definitions","history":"1966, c. 628, \u00a7 51-144; 1972, c. 568; 1973, c. 523; 1974, c. 353; 1975, c. 597; 1984, c. 430; 1990, c. 832.","full_text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Employee” means a state police officer.\n\t\t“Member” means any person included in the membership of the retirement system as provided in this chapter.\n\t\t“Normal retirement date” means a member’s sixtieth birthday.\n\t\t“Retirement system” means the State Police Officers’ Retirement System.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":200280,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Employee” means a state police officer.\n\t\t“Member” means any person included in the membership of the retirement system as provided in this chapter.\n\t\t“Normal retirement date” means a member’s sixtieth birthday.\n\t\t“Retirement system” means the State Police Officers’ Retirement System.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13260,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Police Officers' Retirement System","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12947,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:32","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:32","permalink":{"id":235905,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13260,"identifier":"2","token":"51.1\/2","url":"\/51.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12947,"edition_id":1,"name":"Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement","identifier":"51.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":235029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12947,"identifier":"51.1","token":"51.1","url":"\/51.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":54259,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-200","catch_line":"State Police Officers' Retirement System continued; administration; application of provisions of Virginia Retirement System","url":"\/51.1-200\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-200","metadata":false},{"id":54544,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-201","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/51.1-201\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-201","metadata":false},{"id":74405,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-202","catch_line":"Membership in retirement system","url":"\/51.1-202\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-202","metadata":false},{"id":75132,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-203","catch_line":"Creditable service","url":"\/51.1-203\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-203","metadata":false},{"id":83295,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-204","catch_line":"Contributions by Commonwealth","url":"\/51.1-204\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-204","metadata":false},{"id":69138,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-205","catch_line":"Service retirement generally","url":"\/51.1-205\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-205","metadata":false},{"id":56709,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-206","catch_line":"Service retirement allowance","url":"\/51.1-206\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-206","metadata":false},{"id":56425,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-207","catch_line":"Death before retirement","url":"\/51.1-207\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-207","metadata":false},{"id":69861,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-208","catch_line":"Post-retirement supplements","url":"\/51.1-208\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-208","metadata":false},{"id":67495,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-209","catch_line":"Disability as the result of felonious misconduct of another","url":"\/51.1-209\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-209","metadata":false},{"id":63242,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-210","catch_line":"Disability benefit","url":"\/51.1-210\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-210","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":54259,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-200","catch_line":"State Police Officers' Retirement System continued; administration; application of provisions of Virginia Retirement System","url":"\/51.1-200\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-200","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":74405,"structure_id":13260,"section_number":"51.1-202","catch_line":"Membership in retirement system","url":"\/51.1-202\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-202","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/51.1-201\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 628 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1972, chapter 568; in 1973, chapter 523; in 1974, chapter 353; in 1975, chapter 597; in 1984, chapter 430; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68317,"section_number":"2.2-2818","catch_line":"Health and related insurance for state employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2818\/"},{"id":82207,"section_number":"51.1-1100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1100\/"},{"id":78576,"section_number":"51.1-1132","catch_line":"Health insurance coverage during disability absences","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1132\/"},{"id":70577,"section_number":"51.1-400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-400\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235911,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54544,"identifier":"51.1-201","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-201","url":"\/51.1-201\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-201\/","token":"51.1\/2\/51.1-201","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-201","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Employee<\/span>” means a state police officer.\n\t\t“Member<\/span>” means any person included in the membership of the retirement system<\/span> as provided in this chapter.\n\t\t“Normal retirement date<\/span>” means a member<\/span>’s sixtieth birthday.\n\t\t“Retirement system<\/span>” means the State Police Officers’ Retirement System<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 51.1-201)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Employee” means a state police officer.\n\t\t“Member” means any person included in the membership of the\nretirement system as provided in this chapter.\n\t\t“Normal retirement date” means a member’s sixtieth birthday.\n\t\t“Retirement system” means the State Police Officers’\nRetirement System.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 628, \u00a7 51-144; 1972, c. 568; 1973, c. 523; 1974, c. 353;\n1975, c. 597; 1984, c. 430; 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}}