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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 804<\/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":58084,"section_number":"51.1-216","catch_line":"Service retirement generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-216\/"},{"id":81012,"section_number":"51.1-217","catch_line":"Service retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-217\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81012,"section_number":"51.1-217","catch_line":"Service retirement allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-217\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235993,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56140,"identifier":"51.1-221","token":"51.1\/2.1\/51.1-221","url":"\/51.1-221\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-221\/","token":"51.1\/2.1\/51.1-221","dublin_core":{"Title":"Election of benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-221","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All persons who are employees<\/span> on June 30, 2001, and on July 1, 2001, shall have until October 31, 2001, to make an irrevocable election to be covered by the benefits provided in subdivision A 1 a of \u00a7 51.1-217<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTION OF BENEFITS (\u00a7 51.1-221)\n\nAll persons who are employees on June 30, 2001, and on July 1, 2001, shall have\nuntil October 31, 2001, to make an irrevocable election to be covered by the\nbenefits provided in subdivision A 1 a of \u00a7 51.1-217.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 804.","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}}