51.1-125 - Persons composing membership; persons holding more than one position. - Virginia Statutes

§ 51.1-125. Persons composing membership; persons holding more than oneposition.

A. All persons who become employees after March 1, 1952, shall be members ofthe retirement system, except for the following persons:

1. Any person who elects not to participate as provided in this chapter, orwho elected not to participate in the abolished system.

2. Any person who becomes an employee and who elects to remain a member of alocal pension system where such election is allowed by state law.

3. Any member of a local system who through promotion achieves a positionbringing him within the definition of a teacher if he elects within sixtydays, with the concurrence of his employer, to remain a member of the localsystem.

B. No person shall hold more than one membership in the retirement system atany one time with respect to any of the benefits provided under this title.Any person employed in more than one position resulting in membership shallelect one position on which his membership shall be based by writtennotification thereof to the Board.

(1952, c. 157, § 51-111.27; 1954, c. 241; 1960, c. 400; 1973, c. 523; 1978,c. 841; 1982, c. 467; 1984, c. 430; 1985, c. 490; 1987, c. 575; 1990, c. 832.)