51.1-160 - Cessation of disability retirement allowance. - Virginia Statutes

§ 51.1-160. Cessation of disability retirement allowance.

A. If a beneficiary of a disability retirement allowance returns to serviceprior to his normal retirement date, his disability retirement allowanceshall cease and he shall become a member of the retirement system and shallthereafter contribute. Any prior service on the basis of which hisdisability retirement allowance was computed shall be restored and, inaddition, he shall be credited with all of his previous membership serviceincluding the period of disability retirement.

B. The balance of any contributions of the beneficiary in excess of thedisability retirement allowance received by him shall be transferred from theretirement allowance account to the members' contribution account.

C. If disability benefits are terminated as set forth in subsection B of §51.1-159, a beneficiary may (i) receive a refund of any accumulatedcontributions in excess of the disability retirement allowance received byhim, in which case all rights to any further benefits payable under thischapter shall cease, (ii) return to service, in which case the provisions ofsubsections A and B of this section shall apply, or (iii) receive a deferredservice allowance upon attaining the early retirement age if the total of theprior membership service and the period of disability retirement meet thecreditable service requirements for deferred retirement for membersterminating service.

D. The retirement system shall have no responsibility for the reemployment ofa beneficiary in a covered position.

(1952, c. 157, § 51-111.63; 1960, c. 604; 1974, c. 353; 1984, c. 430; 1990,c. 832.)