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This law was first created in 1952. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 2 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 1952 \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 1956, chapter 561; in 1980, chapter 647; in 1984, chapter 430; in 1990, chapter 832; in 2005, chapter 902<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84391,"section_number":"51.1-702","catch_line":"Federal-state agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-702\/"},{"id":71917,"section_number":"51.1-704","catch_line":"Contributions by state employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-704\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236259,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70837,"identifier":"51.1-703","token":"51.1\/7\/51.1-703","url":"\/51.1-703\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-703\/","token":"51.1\/7\/51.1-703","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interstate agreements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-703","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any instrumentality jointly created by the Commonwealth and any other state or states is hereby authorized, upon the granting of like authority by such other state or states, (i) to enter into an agreement<\/span> with the federal agency<\/span> whereby the benefits of the Social Security Act<\/span> shall be extended to employees of such instrumentality, (ii) to require its employees to pay (and for that purpose to deduct from their wages<\/span>) contributions equal to the amounts which they would be required to pay under subsection A of \u00a7 51.1-704<\/a> if they were covered by an agreement<\/span> made pursuant to \u00a7 51.1-702<\/a>, and (iii) to make payments to the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with such agreement<\/span>, including payments from its own funds, and otherwise to comply with such agreements<\/span>. Such agreement<\/span> shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the terms and provisions of \u00a7 51.1-702<\/a> and other provisions of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERSTATE AGREEMENTS (\u00a7 51.1-703)\n\nAny instrumentality jointly created by the Commonwealth and any other state or\nstates is hereby authorized, upon the granting of like authority by such other\nstate or states, (i) to enter into an agreement with the federal agency whereby\nthe benefits of the Social Security Act shall be extended to employees of such\ninstrumentality, (ii) to require its employees to pay (and for that purpose to\ndeduct from their wages) contributions equal to the amounts which they would be\nrequired to pay under subsection A of \u00a7 51.1-704 if they were covered by an\nagreement made pursuant to \u00a7 51.1-702, and (iii) to make payments to the\nInternal Revenue Service in accordance with such agreement, including payments\nfrom its own funds, and otherwise to comply with such agreements. Such agreement\nshall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the terms and provisions of\n\u00a7 51.1-702 and other provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 2, \u00a7 51-111.3; 1956, c. 561; 1980, c. 647; 1984, c. 430;\n1990, c. 832; 2005, c. 902.","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}}