{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-51.1-601.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 51.1-601.1","heading":"Participation in plan by certain employees","body":"All employees of the Commonwealth and its agencies commencing employment or who are reemployed on or after January 1, 2008, in a position covered by the Virginia Retirement System, and who (i) have not elected to participate in a plan established pursuant to § 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) do not participate in the hybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169, shall participate in the plan described in § 51.1-602, unless such employee elects, in a manner prescribed by the Board, not to participate in such plan. The amount of the deferral for any such employee participating in the plan shall equal, on a semimonthly basis, $20 of otherwise payable compensation, unless the employee elects to defer a different amount.2007, c. 253; 2012, cc. 701, 823; 2013, c. 463.","path":["Title 51.1. PENSIONS, BENEFITS, AND RETIREMENT","Chapter 6. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN ACT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/51.1-601.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:04Z","sha256":"95b73d6f4b82c7ccfa2f198099a8845c341f4a25bae8c22f1b8102d78360de53","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-51.1-601","next":"us-va/va.-code-51.1-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}