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2023 SESSION
23104266DBe 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 salaried
dispatcher for a public safety
answering point, as
defined in § 56-484.12, who is employed by the
Department of State Police or an
agency described in clauses
(i) through (viii) of this definition.
"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 shall become effective on July 1, 2024.
3. That the provisions of this act providing enhanced retirement benefits to positions as full-time salaried dispatchers for a public safety answering point shall apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried dispatcher for a public safety answering point on or after July 1, 2024.