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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367044</law_id><section_number>51.1-1303</section_number><catch_line>Standards for 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>No benefit restoration plan shall become effective until the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, county, municipality or political subdivision of the Commonwealth is satisfied by <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of its respective <span class="dictionary">counsel</span>, such federal agency or agencies as may be deemed necessary, or otherwise, that the benefits payable under the plan will not be included in the employee&#x2019;s taxable income under federal and state income tax <span class="dictionary">law</span> until it is actually received by or made available to the employee under the terms of the plan.</p></section></text><history>2001, cc. 681, 692.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
