Membership in Retirement System

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This is Article 4 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Membership in Retirement System.” It is part of Chapter 1 “Virginia Retirement System”, which is part of Title 51.1 “Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement”. It contains 13 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 13 sections.

§ 51.1-125	Persons composing membership; persons holding more than one position
§ 51.1-126	Employees of institutions of higher education
§ 51.1-126.1	Certain employees of teaching hospitals
§ 51.1-126.2	Repealed
§ 51.1-126.3	Employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center
§ 51.1-126.4	Employees of the Virginia Port Authority
§ 51.1-126.5	Defined contribution plan for eligible members
§ 51.1-126.6	Certain employees of public school divisions
§ 51.1-126.7	Employees of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation
§ 51.1-126.8	Maximum contributions to optional plans; coordination of limits
§ 51.1-127	Federal Employees' Retirement System
§ 51.1-128	Cessation of membership
§ 51.1-129	Limitation on membership