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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 772 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56937,"section_number":"51.1-813","catch_line":"Disability resulting from activities in discharge of official duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-813\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236345,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67556,"identifier":"51.1-814","token":"51.1\/8\/2\/51.1-814","url":"\/51.1-814\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-814\/","token":"51.1\/8\/2\/51.1-814","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employing such presumption in determining eligibility for benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-814","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">presumption<\/span> established in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Disability resulting from activities in discharge of official duties\" href=\"\/51.1-813\/\">51.1-813<\/a> shall be employed in determining eligibility for death, retirement, sickness, and other benefits, provided pursuant to any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, the charter of any city or town, or otherwise, for any member of a county, city, or town police department or sheriff or deputy sheriff who dies or becomes totally or partially disabled.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYING SUCH PRESUMPTION IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS (\u00a7 51.1-814)\n\nThe presumption established in \u00a7 51.1-813 shall be employed in determining\neligibility for death, retirement, sickness, and other benefits, provided\npursuant to any other provision of law, the charter of any city or town, or\notherwise, for any member of a county, city, or town police department or\nsheriff or deputy sheriff who dies or becomes totally or partially disabled.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 772, \u00a7 51-122.1; 1990, c. 832.","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}}