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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68249</law_id><section_number>51.1-155.2</section_number><catch_line>Exceptions from general early retirement provisions for certain local government officials</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-153</reference><reference>51.1-166</reference><reference>51.1-217</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="9">Benefits</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The provisions of this section apply to any <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span> who (i) is appointed county administrator pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Appointment, compensation and removal of county administrator" href="/15.2-406/">15.2-406</a> or <a class="law" title="Chief administrative officer" href="/15.2-1540/">15.2-1540</a>, urban county executive pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Appointment, qualifications and compensation of urban county executive; to devote full time to work" href="/15.2-804/">15.2-804</a>, county executive pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="County executive appointed by board" href="/15.2-509/">15.2-509</a>, county manager pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Appointment of county manager" href="/15.2-609/">15.2-609</a> or <a class="law" title="County board; membership, terms, chairman, etc" href="/15.2-702/">15.2-702</a>, county administrator or city or town manager pursuant to Chapter 15 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Organization of local government" href="/15.2-1500/">15.2-1500</a> et seq.) of Title 15.2 or county, city or town attorney pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Creation of office of county, city or town attorney authorized; appointment, salary and duties" href="/15.2-1542/">15.2-1542</a>; (ii) is involuntarily separated from service; and (iii) has 20 or more years of <span class="dictionary">creditable service</span> at the date of separation. Such <span class="dictionary">member</span> may retire without the reduction in <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> required by subdivisions A 2 and A 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Service retirement allowance" href="/51.1-155/">51.1-155</a> upon attaining age 50, provided, however, that if (a) the <span class="dictionary">member</span> is a person who becomes a <span class="dictionary">member</span> on or after July 1, 2010, (b) the <span class="dictionary">member</span> does not have at least 60 months of <span class="dictionary">creditable service</span> as of January 1, 2013, or (c) the <span class="dictionary">member</span> is enrolled in the hybrid retirement program described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Hybrid retirement program" href="/51.1-169/">51.1-169</a>, then the <span class="dictionary">member</span> may retire without the reduction in <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> required by subdivisions A 2 and A 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Service retirement allowance" href="/51.1-155/">51.1-155</a> upon attaining age 60. <a id="paragraph-246956" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-155.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">involuntary separation</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">dismissal</span>, requested resignation, or failure to obtain reappointment, except in case of a <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> for a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> or <span class="dictionary">crime</span> involving <span class="dictionary">moral turpitude</span> or dishonesty. <a id="paragraph-246957" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-155.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The cost of this provision shall be borne by the locality. <a id="paragraph-246958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-155.2/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, c. 721; 1996, cc. 662, 924; 1998, c. 676; 2000, cc. 343, 911; 2008, c. 537; 2011, c. 880; 2014, c. 356.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
