Article 9 Benefits

This article is comprised of the following sections:
  • §51.1-152 Limitations on average final compensation
  • §51.1-153 Service retirement
  • §51.1-154 Compulsory service retirement
  • §51.1-155 Service retirement allowance
  • §51.1-155.1 Exceptions from general early retirement provisions for certain state employees and constitutional officers
  • §51.1-155.2 Exceptions from general early retirement provisions for certain local government officials
  • §51.1-156 Disability retirement
  • §51.1-157 Disability retirement allowance
  • §51.1-158 Reduction of benefits for acceptance of lump-sum settlement under Workers’ Compensation Act
  • §51.1-159 Medical examinations of persons retired for disability
  • §51.1-160 Cessation of disability retirement allowance
  • §51.1-161 Withdrawal of contributions before retirement
  • §51.1-162 Death before retirement
  • §51.1-163 Death after retirement
  • §51.1-164 Repealed
  • §51.1-165 Optional benefits
  • §51.1-165.01 Partial lump-sum option for payment of retirement allowance
  • §51.1-165.1 Acknowledgment by spouse of member
  • §51.1-166 Post-retirement supplements generally
  • §51.1-167 Retirement allowance to be reduced in certain cases
  • §51.1-168 Limits on creditable compensation; maximum benefits; mandatory payment of allowance
  • §51.1-169 Hybrid retirement program