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2011 SESSION
11102704DBe 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 Chapter 17 (§ 23-232 et seq.) of Title 23, (iii) conservation
police officer in the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries appointed under
the provisions of Chapter 2 (§ 29.1-200 et seq.) of Title 29.1, (iv) special
agent of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control appointed under the
provisions of Chapter 1 (§ 4.1-100 et seq.), (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. The term shall also include any
other full-time sworn state employee who (a) is a
law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101, (b) is
authorized to arrest without warrant pursuant to § 19.2-81, (c) is
employed by a state agency that has lawfully used force
to effect an arrest during a period of five consecutive years, and (d) is
employed by a state agency that is
accredited by the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission or
the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.
"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 present value of benefits accrued on behalf of members of the Virginia Retirement System (§ 51.1-124.1 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) who become members of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (§ 51.1-211 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) by virtue of this act shall be transferred from the assets of the Virginia Retirement System to the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.
3. That any person who becomes a member of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (§ 51.1-211 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be eligible only for those retirement benefits under such system that are provided to employees who commence employment or reemployment on or after July 1, 2001.