                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SERVICE RETIREMENT OF PARTICIPATING FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES RECEIVING SUPPLEMENTAL
DISABILITY BENEFITS (§ 51.1-1128)

A. Upon the cessation of benefits payable under the Act, a participating
full-time employee may take service retirement under any provision of this title
for which the employee is otherwise eligible. Such employee shall be authorized
to elect any option for the payment of his retirement allowance provided under
subsection A of &#xA7; 51.1-165.

B. The employee&#8217;s average final compensation shall be equal to his
creditable compensation on the date of the commencement of the disability
increased by an amount recommended by the actuary of the Virginia Retirement
System, and approved by the Board, from the date of the commencement of the
disability to the date of retirement.

C. The creditable service of a participating full-time employee taking service
retirement pursuant to this section shall include periods during which the
employee received supplemental disability benefits, provided that such
creditable service shall not include periods for which (i) the employee received
supplemental short-term disability benefits, (ii) the employer did not report
such creditable service to the retirement system, and (iii) the employee did not
purchase such creditable service.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2011, cc. 722, 880.