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In addition, the Authority may increase the coverage under such policies to make available to each active insured employee optional life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance as provided in \u00a7 51.1-512. All eligible employees of the Authority shall be covered by the policies purchased by the Authority as soon as such policies become effective and may not elect to be covered by the Board’s group insurance program under \u00a7 51.1-501, nor shall they be required to present at their own expense evidence of insurability satisfactory to an insurance company upon changing from one form of coverage to another provided by this chapter. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 232<\/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":82207,"section_number":"51.1-1100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1100\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85814,"section_number":"51.1-126.4","catch_line":"Employees of the Virginia Port Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-126.4\/"},{"id":84578,"section_number":"51.1-501","catch_line":"Board authorized to purchase group life and accident insurance policies","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-501\/"},{"id":81121,"section_number":"51.1-510","catch_line":"Insurance exempt from process","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-510\/"},{"id":78151,"section_number":"51.1-511","catch_line":"Persons entitled to payment of insurance on employee's death","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-511\/"},{"id":78798,"section_number":"51.1-512","catch_line":"Optional life insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-512\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236091,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72342,"identifier":"51.1-502.3","token":"51.1\/5\/51.1-502.3","url":"\/51.1-502.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-502.3\/","token":"51.1\/5\/51.1-502.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain employees of the Virginia Port Authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-502.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia Port Authority may purchase group life, accidental death and dismemberment<\/span>, and disability insurance policies covering in whole or in part its employees who elect to participate in any retirement plan established under the provisions of \u00a7 51.1-126.4<\/a>. In addition, the Authority may increase the coverage under such policies to make available to each active insured employee optional life and accidental death and dismemberment<\/span> insurance as provided in \u00a7 51.1-512<\/a>. All eligible employees of the Authority shall be covered by the policies purchased by the Authority as soon as such policies become effective and may not elect to be covered by the Board<\/span>’s group insurance program<\/span> under \u00a7 51.1-501<\/a>, nor shall they be required to present at their own expense evidence<\/span> of insurability satisfactory to an insurance company<\/span> upon changing from one form of coverage to another provided by this chapter. No other section of this chapter shall apply to insurance coverage offered by the Authority to which this section applies except \u00a7\u00a7 51.1-510<\/a> and 51.1-511<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY (\u00a7 51.1-502.3)\n\nThe Virginia Port Authority may purchase group life, accidental death and\ndismemberment, and disability insurance policies covering in whole or in part\nits employees who elect to participate in any retirement plan established under\nthe provisions of \u00a7 51.1-126.4. In addition, the Authority may increase the\ncoverage under such policies to make available to each active insured employee\noptional life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance as provided in \u00a7\n51.1-512. All eligible employees of the Authority shall be covered by the\npolicies purchased by the Authority as soon as such policies become effective\nand may not elect to be covered by the Board’s group insurance program\nunder \u00a7 51.1-501, nor shall they be required to present at their own expense\nevidence of insurability satisfactory to an insurance company upon changing from\none form of coverage to another provided by this chapter. No other section of\nthis chapter shall apply to insurance coverage offered by the Authority to which\nthis section applies except \u00a7\u00a7 51.1-510 and 51.1-511.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 232.","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}}