CHAPTER 587

An Act to amend and reenact § 51-112 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to authority of municipalities to provide certain benefits for injured,
retired or superannuated officers and employees.

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Approved April 3, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 51-112 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 51-112. The governing body of each city and town may, by ordi-
nance adopted by a recorded vote of a majority of the members elected
or of a majority elected to each branch, if there be more than one branch,
establish a system of pensions, including death benefits, * covering injured,
retired or superannuated officers and employees of such city or town, and
payable to such officers and employees, or their dependents, estate or
designated beneficiaries, and to provide for accrued vested or contractual
rights thereunder; and it may through the purchase of insurance and
annuities provide for such pensions, including death benefits, and for
group life insurance covering the officers and employees of such city or
town, and for group accident and sickness insurance covering the officers
and employees of such city or town and their dependents. Such governing
body may by such ordinance establish a fund for the payment of such
pensions, including death benefits, and for the payment of such insurance
and annuity premiums and charges by making appropriations out of the
treasury of the city or town or by requiring contributions, payable from
time to time through payroll deduction or otherwise, or by both, or by any
other mode not prohibited by law. |

For the purpose of this section the term employees may include
teachers or other employees of city and town school boards.