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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71386</law_id><section_number>51.1-1209</section_number><catch_line>Effect of member not maintaining eligibility and being six months delinquent in making monthly payments</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-1210</reference><reference>55.1-2544</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="51.1">Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="12">Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service Award Fund</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">member</span> who does not maintain his eligibility as a <span class="dictionary">member</span> and who becomes six months delinquent in making the required quarterly payments by the date as determined by the Board, shall forfeit his membership in the Fund. Upon forfeiting his membership and becoming delinquent, such membership shall be reinstated only upon written request to the Board, and such reinstatement shall be at the sole discretion of the Board. <a id="paragraph-257369" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-1209/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">member</span> who ceases to maintain his eligibility while in good standing, but notifies the Board of his intention to resume eligibility shall be reinstated upon written request to the Board. <a id="paragraph-257370" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-1209/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1999, cc. 664, 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
