                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION (§ 51.1-1001)

A. A summary plan description shall contain the following information: the name
and type of administration of the retirement system; the name and address of the
person designated as agent for the service of legal process, if such person is
not the administrator; the name and address of the administrator; names, titles
and addresses of any trustee or trustees (if they are persons different from the
administrator); the retirement system&#8217;s requirements respecting
eligibility for membership and benefits; and description of the provisions
providing for nonforfeitable pension benefits; circumstances which may result in
disqualification, ineligibility, or denial or loss of benefits; the source of
financing of the retirement system and the identity of any organization through
which benefits are provided; the date of the end of the retirement system plan
year and whether the records of the retirement system are kept on a calendar,
policy, or fiscal year basis; the procedures to be followed in presenting claims
for benefits and the remedies available for the redress of claims which are
denied in whole or in part.

B. The summary plan description shall be written in a manner calculated to be
understood by the average retirement system member and beneficiary and shall be
sufficiently comprehensive to apprise the members and beneficiaries of their
rights and obligations under the retirement system plan.

C. Every member and beneficiary shall be furnished a summary plan description
within 90 days of becoming a member or beneficiary, and every member and
beneficiary shall be furnished an updated summary plan description within 210
days after the end of the retirement system plan year in which a material
modification or change in the retirement system or its plan occurs. No charge
shall be made for furnishing a copy of the SPD under this subsection.

D. Upon written request, the latest updated summary plan description shall be
furnished to any member or beneficiary. A reasonable charge may be made to cover
the cost of furnishing an SPD under this subsection.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 706; 2004, c. 209.