                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES OF BOARD (§ 51.1-808)

The general powers, authority, and duties of any police officers&#8217; pension
and retirement board shall be as follows:

1. To adopt bylaws and regulations which the board deems necessary to conduct
its affairs;

2. To provide for appropriate clerical, legal, medical, and other services and
to pay reasonable compensation for such services;

3. To require deductions from the salaries of active and paid members of the
police department and to pay certain percentages of salaries, as hereinafter
specified, into the treasury of the board to raise funds for the necessary
purposes of the board in the administration of its affairs;

4. To draw warrants on the treasurer of the board, for the payment of pensions,
benefits, and administrative costs. Warrants shall be signed in the name of the
board and countersigned by its president; and

5. Upon request by the policemen&#8217;s pension and retirement board, the
governing body of the county may by ordinance amend the retirement plan and
trust at any time for the purpose of defining, enlarging and improving the
benefits that any member thereof may receive and shall by ordinance amend the
retirement plan and trust at any time for the purpose of compliance with federal
or state law.

HISTORY: 1940, p. 738; Michie Code 1942, § 3035e; Code 1950, § 51-116; 1990,
c. 832; 1994, c. 523.