CHAPTER 177

An Act to amend and reenact § 51-111.54, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to service retirement at certain age of members

of Virginia Supplemental Retirement System. g
[S 79]

Approved March 12, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 51-111.54, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 51-111.54. Service retirement on attaining seventy years of
age.—Any member who is a State employee or a teacher, both as defined
In § 51-111.10, and who attains seventy years of age shall be retired forth-
with; provided that the employer may provide for the compulsory retire-
ment of his employees at any age from sixty-five to seventy; and pro-
vided that, upon the request of his employer in the case of a teacher, or
the head of the department, institution or agency by which he is em-
ployed, in the case of a State employee, he may remain in service not
longer than the last day of the fiscal year during which he attains seventy
years of age; and provided further that this section shall not apply to (a)
any member who is appointed by the Governor or to any member ap-
pointed by the Attorney General as an assistant Attorney General or as a
member of the Division of Motion Picture Censorship; or, any member
who is a physician employed by the Department of Mental Hygiene and
Hospitals, if his retention in service is approved by the Commissioner of
Mental Hygiene and Hospitals, (b) any member who is the clerk or deputy
of a court, (c) any member who attained seventy years of age prior to the
establishment of the Virginia Retirement System on July one, nineteen
hundred forty-two, and (d) any teacher who attained the age of seventy
years prior to June twenty-seven, nineteen hundred fifty-eight. Notwith-
standing the foregoing provisions, the Governor may, in his discretion, in
the case of a member appointed by him who has attained the age of seventy
years, retain such member in service as a consultant if in the opinion of
the Governor such member has by reason of long service and experience
become specially fitted to perform duties essential to the administration
of the affairs of the State. The salary of any such consultant shall be fixed
by the Governor.

Any member who otherwise would be retired under the provisions
of the foregoing paragraph and who by reason of long service and experi-
ence has become specially fitted to perform the duties of his position, and
who is physically and mentally capable to perform such duties adequately,
may if he so desires, upon request of the head of the department, institu-
tion or agency by which he is employed, and upon recommendation of the
Beard, be continued in service for such period or periods as is determined
by the head of such department, institution or agency, but not longer
than July one, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, in any event. :