Virginia Code Title 51.1. Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement § 51.1-402. Continuation of benefits; amount of life insurance

A. Any former teachers retired under the provisions of Chapter 36 of the Code of 1919, any former members of the abolished system retired under the provisions of that system, any members or former members of the Virginia Retirement System, the State Police Officers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement System who retired under the provisions of the applicable system or who were eligible to receive benefits under the provisions of the applicable system as it existed prior to July 1, 1990, and any beneficiaries of such members shall continue to receive the benefits to which they were entitled or to which they would have become entitled prior to July 1, 1990, except that all provisions of Chapter 722 of the 1980 Acts of Assembly, as amended, shall no longer be applicable to those members with all service rendered after March 31, 1980.

B. All persons who were members of the systems established by Chapters 2, 2.1, and 2.2 of Title 51 immediately prior to July 1, 1970, shall be entitled to all rights and benefits to which they or their beneficiaries were or would have been entitled to thereunder and shall be entitled to all rights and benefits to which they or their beneficiaries were or would have been entitled under the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 51 as it existed prior to July 1, 1990.

C. The amount of life insurance on each insured employee who retired prior to July 1, 1990, shall be determined under the provisions of the group insurance program in existence on the employee's date of retirement.