Bill Text: VA HB1401 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Va. Law Officers' Retirement System; adds firefighters employed by Department of Military Affairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417) [HB1401 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1401-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §51.1-212 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§51.1-212. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Employee" means any (i) member of the Capitol
Police Force as described in §30-34.2:1, (ii) campus police officer appointed
under the provisions of Article 3 (§23.1-809 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title
23.1, (iii) conservation police officer in the Department of Wildlife Resources
appointed under the provisions of Chapter 2 (§29.1-200 et seq.) of Title 29.1,
(iv) special agent of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
appointed under the provisions of Chapter 1 (§4.1-100 et seq.) of Title 4.1,
(v) law-enforcement officer employed by the Virginia Marine Resources
Commission as described in §9.1-101, (vi) correctional officer as the term is
defined in §53.1-1, and including correctional officers employed at a juvenile
correction facility as the term is defined in §66-25.3, (vii) any
parole officer appointed pursuant to §53.1-143, and (viii) any
commercial vehicle enforcement officer employed by the Department of State
Police, and (ix) full-time firefighter employed by the Department of Military
Affairs.
"Member" means any person included in the membership of the Retirement System as provided in this chapter.
"Normal retirement date" means a member's sixtieth birthday.
"Retirement System" means the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.
2. That the provisions of this act providing membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System to full-time firefighters employed by the Department of Military Affairs shall apply only to service as a full-time firefighter employed by the Department of Military Affairs on or after July 1, 2025.
3. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.
