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The 2010 Appropriation Act established the Line of Duty Act (LODA) Fund with the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) as the investment manager. The LODA Fund provides a funding source for Line of Duty Act benefits. The benefits, administered by the Virginia Department of Accounts, remain the same; only the funding mechanism is changing. The state and localities participate automatically in the LODA Fund to cover hazardous duty personnel who are paid or who volunteer. However, localities may opt out of participating in the LODA Fund by July 1, 2012.

The 2011 Appropriation Act changed the deadline for localities to opt out of LODA Fund to July 1, 2012. In addition, the Appropriation Act allows the State Comptroller to advance Line of Duty benefits to pay funeral expenses when a death is likely to be covered under the program. Read the overview.