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2023 SESSION

23104279D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2299
Offered January 11, 2023
A BILL to amend and reenact § 51.1-212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officer eligibility.
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Patron-- Orrock
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Referred to Committee on Appropriations
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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 any correctional officers officer 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) conservation officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation appointed under the provisions of Article 4 (§ 10.1-115 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 10.1.

"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.