                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COUNTIES, CITIES, AND TOWNS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO SURVIVING SPOUSE AND
CHILDREN (§ 51.1-815)

Any county, city, or town may provide for the relief of any children and
surviving spouse of any law-enforcement officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff who
dies while in the service of the county, city, or town. If any policeman loses
his life while in the discharge of official duties, there shall be paid to the
surviving spouse until death, or remarriage, a pension of not less than one-half
of the policeman&#8217;s salary at the time of death. The relief provided shall
be exclusive of any payment out of the general fund of the state treasury
pursuant to § 9.1-400 et seq.

HISTORY: 1940, p. 738; Michie Code 1942, § 3035h; Code 1950, § 51-119; 1976,
c. 772, § 51-122.2; 1990, c. 832.