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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58384</law_id><section_number>51.1-167</section_number><catch_line>Retirement allowance to be reduced in certain cases</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="9">Benefits</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In the case of any <span class="dictionary">state employee</span> whose compensation is not paid exclusively out of the state treasury and in the case of any <span class="dictionary">teacher</span> whose compensation is paid out of any fund not derived from local revenues or state appropriations, if any contributor other than the Commonwealth is in <span class="dictionary">default</span> in the payment of any required contribution, the total <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> to which the employee would have been entitled but for the <span class="dictionary">default</span> shall be reduced by the amount of the <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> provided by the defaulted contribution.</p></section></text><history>1952, c. 157, &#xA7; 51-111.65; 1974, c. 353; 1982, c. 467; 1990, c. 832.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
