36-27-170
Section 36-27-170 Participation in plan. (a) As governed by this subsection, there exists as
a part of this retirement system, an optional account known as the Deferred Retirement Option
Plan, which may be cited as "DROP." The purpose of DROP is to allow, contractually,
in lieu of immediate withdrawal from service and receipt of a retirement allowance, continued
employment for a specific period of time, coupled with the deferral of receipt of a retirement
allowance until the end of such period of participation, at which time the member shall withdraw
from service. (b) Participation in DROP is an option available to any member of this retirement
system who meets all of the following: (1) Has at least 25 years of creditable service exclusive
of sick leave. (2) Is at least 55 years of age, or in the case of a state police member, is
at least 52 years of age. (3) Is eligible for service retirement. (c) An election to participate
in DROP may be made in one year increments not to exceed five...
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36-27-54
Section 36-27-54 Purchase of credit by certain employees of Alabama State Docks Terminal Railway;
waiver of federal railroad retirement benefits; termination date. (a) Any law to the contrary
notwithstanding, any member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama who has 10 or more
years of creditable service in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama immediately prior
to October 1, 1990 and who is employed by the State of Alabama at the time this bill becomes
law, may hereby claim and purchase credit within the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama
for all the time which such member has served as an employee of the Alabama State Docks and
was paid through the Alabama State Docks Terminal Railway payroll and for which he is not
otherwise eligible for credit in the Employees' Retirement System or any other retirement
plan funded in whole or in part by the state except under the United States Social Security
Act. (b) Any member eligible to claim and purchase such credit for...
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36-27-55.1
Section 36-27-55.1 Purchase of credit for prior service with Alabama State Council on the Arts.
(a) Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System may purchase credit
in the Employees' Retirement System for prior service with the Alabama State Council on the
Arts if the member has not received credit in the system for the same prior service and has
not vested or otherwise become eligible to receive a retirement benefit by using the same
prior service credit in another pension plan offered by the council. (b) A member of the Employees'
Retirement System who is eligible to purchase any prior service credit under subsection (a)
of this section shall receive the credit if he or she pays into the system on or before his
or her date of retirement, an amount of five percent of the greater of the member's current
annual earnable compensation or average final compensation, whichever is greater, as determined
by the actuary for the system, for the entire period of prior...
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36-27-55.2
Section 36-27-55.2 Purchase of credit for prior service with State Economic Opportunity Office.
(a)(1) Any member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall be eligible to receive
up to 10 years of creditable service for service which was rendered between January 1, 1971,
and December 31, 1983, as an employee of the State Economic Opportunity Office under the Alabama
Development Office, provided that the member of the retirement system claiming the credit
shall have attained not less than 10 years of contributing membership service credit, exclusive
of military service credit, under the Employees' Retirement System; and, provided further,
that the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in subdivision (2). (2)
A member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama eligible to purchase service credit
in the system under paragraph a. of this subdivision, may receive credit for the prior service
rendered as provided in subdivision (1), provided that as...
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12-17-227.3
Section 12-17-227.3 (Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Transfer of membership
service and accumulated contributions. (a) Any active and contributing member of the District
Attorneys' Plan who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the plan was a member
of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama,
may elect to transfer his or her membership service and accumulated contributions in the Employees'
Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System to the District Attorneys' Plan. (b)
Any active and contributing member desiring to transfer any membership service and accumulated
contributions under subsection (a) shall notify the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement
System of his or her election to transfer membership service and shall authorize the transfer
of the amount of his or her accumulated contributions to his or her credit in the Employees'
Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System...
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12-18-153
Section 12-18-153 (Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Transfer of membership
service and accumulated contributions. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Judges'
and Clerks' Plan who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the plan was a
member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers' Retirement System of
Alabama, may elect to transfer his or her membership service and accumulated contributions
in the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System to the Judges' and
Clerks' Plan. (b) Any active and contributing member desiring to transfer any membership service
and accumulated contributions under subsection (a) shall notify the Board of Control of the
Employees' Retirement System of his or her election to transfer membership service and shall
authorize the transfer of the amount of his or her accumulated contributions to his or her
credit in the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System...
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16-25-11.12
Section 16-25-11.12 Purchase of service credit for time on maternity leave. (a) Any provision
of this chapter, to the contrary notwithstanding, active and contributing members of the Teachers'
Retirement System may purchase service credit in the system not to exceed one year for any
period of time while they were on maternity leave from service without pay. The Board of Control
of the Teachers' Retirement System shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration
of this section including verification of the service that the member desires to purchase
credit for in the system. The member shall receive credit for the service when he or she remits
to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). Notwithstanding the foregoing
language, no member of the Teachers' Retirement System shall be eligible to receive credit
for any period of time that the member is already credited with in the system or in any other
retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security...
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12-17-227.4
Section 12-17-227.4 (Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Service retirement
allowance. (a) Any member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 62 may
retire upon written application to the Board of Control setting forth at what time, not less
than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he or she
desires to be retired; provided, that any such member shall have completed 10 or more years
of membership service in the District Attorneys' Plan. (b) Any member who has attained age
62 and has previously withdrawn from service may retire upon written application to the Board
of Control setting forth at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent
to the execution and filing thereof, he or she desires to be retired; provided, that any such
member shall have completed 10 or more years of membership service. (c) Upon retirement from
service, the member shall receive a service retirement allowance which...
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16-25-11.4
Section 16-25-11.4 Purchase of credit for prior service rendered as full-time employee in office
of clerk of circuit court or with Alabama State Employees Association. (a) Any acting and
contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama may elect to purchase credit
for prior service rendered as a full-time employee in the office of a clerk of the circuit
court in the State of Alabama or as a full-time employee with the Alabama State Employees
Association provided the member complies with the following conditions prescribed in this
section. (b) Any employee electing to purchase credit under subsection (a) of this section
shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System within one year after
October 1, 1995, a lump sum payment equal to a percentage of the current annual salary or
final average compensation, whichever is greater, of the member. The applicable percentage
shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member...
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36-27-51
Section 36-27-51 Credit to officer or employee for prior service with another eligible employer.
(a)(1) Any person who, as of October 1, 1996, is an officer or a regular employee of an employer
eligible to participate in the Employees' Retirement System under Section 36-27-6, and is
covered or eligible to be covered under the state Employees' Retirement System and who has
previously been employed by another employer eligible for participation under Section 36-27-6,
shall be eligible to receive up to 10 years of creditable service for employment rendered
to another employer eligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System under Section
36-27-6 provided, that the member claiming the credit shall have attained not less than five
years of contributing membership service credit, exclusive of military service credit under
the Employees' Retirement System, the member shall not have received credit for the prior
service under any public retirement or pension plan except the...
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