                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISABILITY RETIREMENT (§ 51.1-404)

A. Disability retirement guarantee. &#8212; The disability allowance payable to
a former member of the abolished system who transferred his accumulated
contributions to the retirement system and who has not withdrawn such
contributions prior to retirement shall not be less than $2,036.28 annually.

B. Minimum disability retirement allowance. &#8212; Effective five months after
the effective date of retirement, the amount of annual retirement allowance
shall equal $1,000 or twenty-five percent of the average final compensation of
the member, whichever is larger. Except for members of the Judicial Retirement
System, any member with twenty or more years of creditable service at the time
of retirement shall, effective five months after the effective date of
retirement, receive a retirement allowance of not less than $2,036.28 annually.

C. Determination of retirement allowance. &#8212; For the purposes of this
section, the retirement allowance shall be determined on the assumption that the
retirement allowance is payable to the member alone and that no optional
retirement allowance is elected.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 157, § 51-111.57; 1956, cc. 560, 652; 1960, c. 604; 1962, c.
245; 1964, c. 186; 1966, c. 174; 1970, c. 476; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 88; 1972, c.
568; 1973, c. 523; 1974, c. 353; 1976, c. 541; 1986, c. 474; 1990, c. 832.