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2002 SESSION

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SB 565 Retirement System; benefits for law-enforcement employees.

Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Retirement System; retirement benefits for law enforcement employees. Clarifies (i) that the enhanced retirement benefits for a law-enforcement employee are available only after the employee has earned five or more years of creditable service in a law-enforcement position and (ii) that a retired law-enforcement officer cannot return to work as a law-enforcement officer and then choose to retire with different retirement benefits, unless he returns to work for at least five years. The bill also conforms the death in service benefits for local law-enforcement and fire employees with those provided to state law-enforcement employees.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 023225260  pdf | impact statement
• 01/31/02  Senate: Printed as engrossed 023225260-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/09/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB565ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/04/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0466)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/11/02  Senate: Unanimous consent to introduce (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/11/02  Senate: VOTE: CONSENT TO INTRODUCE (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/11/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 023225260
• 01/11/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 01/29/02  Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (16-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/02  Senate: Read second time
• 01/31/02  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 01/31/02  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/31/02  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 01/31/02  Senate: Printed as engrossed 023225260-E
• 02/01/02  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/02  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/11/02  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/11/02  House: Read first time
• 02/11/02  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 03/01/02  House: Reported from Appropriations (25-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/02  House: Read second time
• 03/05/02  House: Read third time
• 03/05/02  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB565ER)
• 03/18/02  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/18/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/19/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/02/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 466 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/04/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0466)