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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77841</law_id><section_number>51.1-148</section_number><catch_line>Retirement allowance account</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-124.12</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="1">Virginia Retirement System</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Assets of Retirement System</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> All <span class="dictionary">employer</span> contributions, all amounts transferred from the <span class="dictionary">members</span>&#x2019; contribution account, and all income from the invested <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span> shall be credited to the <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> account. All benefits under the <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span>, other than refunds of <span class="dictionary">members</span>&#x2019; <span class="dictionary">accumulated contributions</span>, and all administrative expenses of the <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span>, except to the extent that such expenses are otherwise paid, shall be paid from the <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> account. At the discretion of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, contributions, penalties, and interest assessments may be deducted from the <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> account of the <span class="dictionary">employer</span>. <a id="paragraph-279177" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-148/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The amount of the interest allowances provided for in this chapter shall be transferred from the <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> account to the <span class="dictionary">members</span>&#x2019; contribution account annually. <a id="paragraph-279178" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-148/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The records of the <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> account shall be maintained so that the portion that is applicable to each respective <span class="dictionary">employer</span> may be ascertained at all times. <a id="paragraph-279179" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-148/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 157, &#xA7; 51-111.50; 1956, c. 560; 1978, c. 841; 1980, c. 137; 1984, c. 430; 1990, c. 832.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
