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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56140</law_id><section_number>51.1-221</section_number><catch_line>Election of benefits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-216</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="2.1">Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All persons who are <span class="dictionary">employees</span> on June 30, 2001, and on July 1, 2001, shall have until October 31, 2001, to make an irrevocable election to be covered by the benefits provided in subdivision A 1 a of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Service retirement allowance" href="/51.1-217/">51.1-217</a>.</p></section></text><history>2001, c. 804.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
