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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76070</law_id><section_number>51.1-139</section_number><catch_line>Procedure when employer in default</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="1">Virginia Retirement System</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Participation of Political Subdivisions in Retirement System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An <span class="dictionary">employer</span>&#x2019;s agreement to contribute on behalf of its <span class="dictionary">employees</span> who become <span class="dictionary">members</span> shall be irrevocable. If an <span class="dictionary">employer</span> for any reason becomes financially unable to make the contributions payable on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">members</span>, the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> shall be deemed to be in <span class="dictionary">default</span> and the <span class="dictionary">employees</span>&#x2019; membership in the <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span> shall be terminated. As of the date of the <span class="dictionary">default</span>, (i) each <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span> whose coverage under the <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span> is affected by such <span class="dictionary">default</span> shall become fully vested, (ii) the actuary of the <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span> shall determine by actuarial valuation the amount of the reserves held on behalf of each then <span class="dictionary">member</span> and each then <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span>, and (iii) the <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span> shall credit to each <span class="dictionary">member</span> and each <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span> the amount of reserve so held. The reserve so credited together with the amount of the <span class="dictionary">accumulated contributions</span> of each <span class="dictionary">member</span>, shall be disbursed in a manner prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> consistent with the applicable tax qualification rules of the Internal Revenue Code, whereupon the rights and <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> of the <span class="dictionary">members</span> and beneficiaries shall terminate.</p></section></text><history>1952, c. 157, &#xA7; 51-111.38; 1960, c. 604; 1986, c. 474; 1990, c. 832; 2004, c. 207.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
