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This report shall be submitted annually on or before December 31.\n\t\tThe Board shall have the authority to establish a plan pursuant to \u00a7 401 (a) or \u00a7 403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for the purpose of implementation of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":296725,"text":"Any deferred compensation program established by this chapter, and any plan adopted hereunder, shall exist and serve in addition to any other retirement, pension, or benefit system established by the Commonwealth, its agencies, counties, municipalities, authorities, or other political subdivisions, and shall not supersede, make inoperative, or reduce any benefits provided by the Virginia Retirement System or by any other retirement, pension, or benefit program established by law.\n\t\tThe Virginia Retirement System shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly advising them of the condition of the Commonwealth’s fund and all operational costs associated with such fund. 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 461 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1987, chapter 619; in 1990, chapter 832; in 1992, chapter 276; in 2002, chapter 311<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 66<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236197,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82779,"identifier":"51.1-605","token":"51.1\/6\/51.1-605","url":"\/51.1-605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-605\/","token":"51.1\/6\/51.1-605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Other retirement, pension, etc., systems not affected; annual report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any deferred compensation program established by this chapter, and any plan adopted hereunder, shall exist and serve in addition to any other retirement, pension, or benefit system established by the Commonwealth, its agencies, counties, municipalities, authorities, or other political subdivisions, and shall not supersede, make inoperative, or reduce any benefits provided by the Virginia Retirement System or by any other retirement, pension, or benefit program established by law<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Virginia Retirement System shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly advising them of the condition of the Commonwealth’s fund and all operational costs associated with such fund. This report shall be submitted annually on or before December 31.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> shall have the authority to establish a plan pursuant to \u00a7 401 (a) or \u00a7 403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for the purpose of implementation of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOTHER RETIREMENT, PENSION, ETC., SYSTEMS NOT AFFECTED; ANNUAL REPORT (\u00a7\n51.1-605)\n\nAny deferred compensation program established by this chapter, and any plan\nadopted hereunder, shall exist and serve in addition to any other retirement,\npension, or benefit system established by the Commonwealth, its agencies,\ncounties, municipalities, authorities, or other political subdivisions, and\nshall not supersede, make inoperative, or reduce any benefits provided by the\nVirginia Retirement System or by any other retirement, pension, or benefit\nprogram established by law.\n\t\tThe Virginia Retirement System shall submit an annual report to the Governor\nand the General Assembly advising them of the condition of the\nCommonwealth’s fund and all operational costs associated with such fund.\nThis report shall be submitted annually on or before December 31.\n\t\tThe Board shall have the authority to establish a plan pursuant to \u00a7 401 (a)\nor \u00a7 403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for the purpose\nof implementation of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 461, \u00a7 51-111.67:20; 1987, c. 619; 1990, c. 832; 1992, c.\n276; 2002, c. 311; 2006, c. 66.","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}}