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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 253<\/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. It has been modified 2 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 2012, chapters 701<\/a> and 823<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 463<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83100,"section_number":"51.1-169","catch_line":"Hybrid retirement program","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-169\/"},{"id":71102,"section_number":"51.1-602","catch_line":"Deferred compensation plan for employees of the Commonwealth; administered by the Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-602\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236177,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79557,"identifier":"51.1-601.1","token":"51.1\/6\/51.1-601.1","url":"\/51.1-601.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-601.1\/","token":"51.1\/6\/51.1-601.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Participation in plan by certain employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-601.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All employees of the Commonwealth and its agencies commencing employment or who are reemployed on or after January 1, 2008, in a position covered by the Virginia Retirement System, and who (i) have not elected to participate in a plan established pursuant to \u00a7 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) do not participate in the hybrid retirement program described in \u00a7 51.1-169<\/a>, shall participate in the plan described in \u00a7 51.1-602<\/a>, unless such employee elects, in a manner prescribed by the Board<\/span>, not to participate in such plan. The amount of the deferral for any such employee participating in the plan shall equal, on a semimonthly basis, $20 of otherwise payable compensation, unless the employee elects to defer a different amount.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARTICIPATION IN PLAN BY CERTAIN EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 51.1-601.1)\n\nAll employees of the Commonwealth and its agencies commencing employment or who\nare reemployed on or after January 1, 2008, in a position covered by the\nVirginia Retirement System, and who (i) have not elected to participate in a\nplan established pursuant to \u00a7 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as\namended, or (ii) do not participate in the hybrid retirement program described\nin \u00a7 51.1-169, shall participate in the plan described in \u00a7 51.1-602, unless\nsuch employee elects, in a manner prescribed by the Board, not to participate in\nsuch plan. The amount of the deferral for any such employee participating in the\nplan shall equal, on a semimonthly basis, $20 of otherwise payable compensation,\nunless the employee elects to defer a different amount.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 253; 2012, cc. 701, 823; 2013, c. 463.","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}}