Bill Text: VA HB1312 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416) [HB1312 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1312-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §51.1-212 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§51.1-212. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Employee" means any (i) member of the Capitol
Police Force as described in §30-34.2:1,; (ii) campus police
officer appointed under the provisions of Article 3 (§23.1-809 et seq.) of
Chapter 8 of Title 23.1,; (iii) conservation police officer in
the Department of Wildlife Resources appointed under the provisions of Chapter
2 (§29.1-200 et seq.) of Title 29.1,; (iv) special agent of the
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority appointed under the provisions of
Chapter 1 (§4.1-100 et seq.) of Title 4.1,; (v) law-enforcement
officer employed by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as described in §
9.1-101,; (vi) correctional officer as the term is defined in §
53.1-1, and including any correctional officers officer
employed at a juvenile correction facility as the term is defined in §
66-25.3,; (vii) any parole officer appointed pursuant to §
53.1-143, and; (viii) any commercial vehicle enforcement
officer employed by the Department of State Police; and (ix) conservation
officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation appointed under the
provisions of Article 4 (§10.1-115 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 10.1.
"Member" means any person included in the membership of the Retirement System as provided in this chapter.
"Normal retirement date" means a member's sixtieth birthday.
"Retirement System" means the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.
2. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.
3. That the provisions of this act providing enhanced retirement benefits to positions as conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation appointed under the provisions of Article 4 (§ 10.1-115 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 10.1 of the Code of Virginia shall apply only to service earned as a conservation officer on or after July 1, 2025.
4. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly.
