<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367043</law_id><section_number>51.1-1302</section_number><catch_line>Local benefit restoration plans</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="109" identifier="51.1">Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="17" identifier="13">Benefit Restoration Plan</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The governing body of any county, municipality, authority or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth that does not participate in the <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span> or that maintains a plan that provides supplemental benefits to employees covered by the <span class="dictionary">retirement system</span> may, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or by resolution adopted by a recorded majority of the <span class="dictionary">members</span> of such governing body, establish for itself and its employees a benefit restoration plan established under &#xA7;&#xA0;415 (m) of the Internal Revenue Code and, if it deems it advisable, may create a trust or other special fund for segregation of funds or <span class="dictionary">assets</span> relating to such plan.</p></section></text><history>2001, cc. 681, 692; 2006, c. 307.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
