2025 SESSION
INTRODUCED
25100023D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1563
Offered January 8, 2025
Prefiled December 16, 2024
A BILL to amend and reenact 51.1-212, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers.
PatronsCherry and Obenshain
Committee Referral Pending
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That 51.1-212, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
51.1-212. (Effective until July 1, 2025) Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Employee" means any (i) member or full-time salaried dispatcher 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 correctional officers 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 or full-time salaried dispatcher employed by the Department of State Police, and (ix) full-time salaried dispatcher for a public safety answering point, as defined in 56-484.12, who is employed by an agency described in clauses (ii) through (vii) of this definition.
"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.
51.1-212. (Effective July 1, 2025) Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Employee" means any (i) member or full-time salaried dispatcher 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 correctional officers employed at a juvenile correction facility as the term is defined in 66-25.3, (vii) parole officer appointed pursuant to 53.1-143, (viii) commercial vehicle enforcement officer or full-time salaried dispatcher employed by the Department of State Police, and (ix) full-time firefighter employed by the Department of Military Affairs, and (x) full-time salaried dispatcher for a public safety answering point, as defined in 56-484.12, who is employed by an agency described in clauses (ii) through (vii) or clause (ix) of this definition.
"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, 2026.
3. That the provisions of this act providing enhanced retirement benefits to positions as full-time salaried dispatchers for a public safety answering point, the Department of State Police, or the Capitol Police Force shall apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried dispatcher for a public safety answering point, the Department of State Police, or the Capitol Police Force on or after July 1, 2026.