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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1990, chapter 832; in 1994, chapter 523<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59828,"identifier":"51.1-808","token":"51.1\/8\/2\/51.1-808","url":"\/51.1-808\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-808\/","token":"51.1\/8\/2\/51.1-808","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers, authority, and duties of board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-808","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The general powers, authority, and duties of any police officers’ pension and retirement board shall be as follows:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> To adopt bylaws and regulations which the board deems necessary to conduct its affairs; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To provide for appropriate clerical, legal, medical, and other services and to pay reasonable compensation for such services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To require deductions from the salaries of active and paid members of the police department and to pay certain percentages of salaries, as hereinafter specified, into the treasury of the board to raise funds for the necessary purposes of the board in the administration of its affairs; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> To draw warrants on the treasurer of the board, for the payment of pensions, benefits, and administrative costs. Warrants shall be signed in the name of the board and countersigned by its president; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Upon request by the policemen’s pension and retirement board, the governing body of the county may by ordinance<\/span> amend<\/span> the retirement plan and trust at any time for the purpose of defining, enlarging and improving the benefits that any member thereof may receive and shall by ordinance<\/span> amend<\/span> the retirement plan and trust at any time for the purpose of compliance with federal or state law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES OF BOARD (\u00a7 51.1-808)\n\nThe general powers, authority, and duties of any police officers’ pension\nand retirement board shall be as follows:\n\n1. To adopt bylaws and regulations which the board deems necessary to conduct\nits affairs;\n\n2. To provide for appropriate clerical, legal, medical, and other services and\nto pay reasonable compensation for such services;\n\n3. To require deductions from the salaries of active and paid members of the\npolice department and to pay certain percentages of salaries, as hereinafter\nspecified, into the treasury of the board to raise funds for the necessary\npurposes of the board in the administration of its affairs;\n\n4. To draw warrants on the treasurer of the board, for the payment of pensions,\nbenefits, and administrative costs. Warrants shall be signed in the name of the\nboard and countersigned by its president; and\n\n5. Upon request by the policemen’s pension and retirement board, the\ngoverning body of the county may by ordinance amend the retirement plan and\ntrust at any time for the purpose of defining, enlarging and improving the\nbenefits that any member thereof may receive and shall by ordinance amend the\nretirement plan and trust at any time for the purpose of compliance with federal\nor state law.\n\nHISTORY: 1940, p. 738; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3035e; Code 1950, \u00a7 51-116; 1990,\nc. 832; 1994, c. 523.","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}}