16-25A-11
Section 16-25A-11 Employees in Teachers' Retirement System may vote to be covered by article;
election irrevocable; contribution by employer. Any board, agency, organization, or association
which participates in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, but whose employees are
not included in the definition of employee in Section 16-25A-1 may, by resolution legally
adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the board and upon a majority vote of its employees,
elect to have its employees and under certain conditions its retired employees covered by
the provisions of this article, provided such board, agency, organization, or association
shall contract to pay the full cost of coverage for each such employee in the amounts set
forth by the board and as defined in Section 16-25A-1 for a full-time employee; participation,
once elected, is irrevocable. Each retired employee shall be given the option to participate
under the provisions of Section 16-25A-8(c) provided any employer electing to...
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16-25-11.10
Section 16-25-11.10 Purchase of credit for prior service rendered to employer who may join
system pursuant to Section 16-25-10.7 but has not elected to participate. (a) Active and contributing
members of the Teachers' Retirement System may claim and purchase service credit in the system
not to exceed eight years for any period of prior service while they were full-time employees
of an employer who is authorized to join the system pursuant to Section 16-25-10.7, but has
not elected to participate. The certification of any prior service claimed by the members
under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the
Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they
remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no member of the system shall receive credit for any service that the member is already credited
with in the system or any other public retirement plan, with...
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16-25-11.21
Section 16-25-11.21 Purchase of credit for prior service to certain institutions of higher
education. (a) Any active, vested, and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System
who has been employed in public education for a minimum of 10 years may claim and purchase
service credit in the system not to exceed five years for prior service between 1974 and 1989
rendered to an educational institution of higher education that receives direct appropriations
from the Education Trust Fund but does not participate in the Teachers' Retirement System.
The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable
administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive
credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection
(b). No member shall receive credit for any service for which the member is already credited
within the system or any public retirement plan, with the exception...
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16-25-120
Section 16-25-120 Cost-of-living increase in pension benefits to members and beneficiaries
of Teachers' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 1998, there is provided to each person
currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1998,
for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased
retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death
for the deceased retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 1998, for purposes of
receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System, a cost-of-living increase of not
less than thirty dollars ($30) per month and the increase shall be more if determined as follows:
(1) Four percent of the current gross benefit paid to the retiree and to certain beneficiaries
of deceased members and deceased retirees. (2) Two dollars ($2) per month for each year of
service attained by the retiree for each retiree selecting the...
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16-25-10.6
Section 16-25-10.6 Elected superintendent of education; cost of coverage; purchase of prior
service credit. Any person now serving as an elected superintendent of education in this state
may become a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama within 90 days after the
ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama 1901 allowing elected superintendents
of education to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System, subject to such rules and
regulations as may be promulgated by the Board of Control of said system. Any person hereafter
elected to serve as superintendent of education shall be deemed to be a "teacher"
as defined in Section 16-25-1 and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof. The employer
cost for coverage of such elected superintendents shall be paid as for other school employees.
Provided further, that such elected superintendents shall be entitled to purchase prior service
credit as a teacher or superintendent in such system under such rules,...
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16-25-15
Section 16-25-15 Increase in benefits - Ten percent. (a) On or after October 1, 1969, there
is hereby provided to any teacher who was receiving a retirement allowance from the Teachers'
Retirement System of Alabama and who was retired prior to October 1, 1969, an increase in
his or her maximum retirement allowance in the amount of 10 percent, excluding those whose
monthly retirement allowance is as much as $400.00 and that such increase shall be limited
so as to provide not to exceed a maximum retirement allowance of $400.00 per month. (b) The
Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall administer all the benefits provided
by this section under such rules and regulations as the said Board of Control may adopt not
inconsistent herewith. (c) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall determine
annually the amount required to pay the cost of the benefits provided in this section and
shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer the percentum rate...
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36-27-21.4
Section 36-27-21.4 Cost-of-living increase for persons whose date of retirement is prior to
October 1, 1984; funding; eligibility where Medicaid eligibility would be impaired. (a)(1)
There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, l985, to each person, whose effective date
of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System, is
prior to October 1, 1984, and who is receiving an allowance therefrom, a cost of living increase
of $2.00 per month for each year of creditable service attained by said retired member. (2)
There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1985, to each person, whose effective date
of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System, is
prior to October 1, 1984, and who is receiving benefits therefrom, a cost of living increase
of $2.00 per month for each year of creditable service attained by said retired member provided
that only those retired members of the Employees' Retirement System whose...
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16-25-11.6
Section 16-25-11.6 Purchase of credit for employment with school operated by Department of
Defense. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama
who was a regular employee of a school operated by the Department of Defense of the United
States of America and is now covered by the Teachers' Retirement System shall be eligible
to receive credit for such service provided that the member of the Teachers' Retirement System
claiming such credit shall have attained not less than 10 years of contributing membership
service credit exclusive of military service credit under the Teachers' Retirement System,
and provided further that such member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed
in subsection (b). (b) A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama eligible under
subsection (a) may receive credit for employment rendered to a school operated by the Department
of Defense of the United States of America as provided in subsection (a),...
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16-25-4
Section 16-25-4 Transfer of membership from the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama generally.
(a) Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who, not more than one year prior to becoming
a member of the Teachers' Retirement System, was a member of the Employees' Retirement System
of Alabama may elect to transfer to the Teachers' Retirement System his service credits in
said Employees' Retirement System, as herein provided. (b) Any such member so desiring to
transfer such service credits shall notify the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement
System after he becomes a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of his election to transfer
such service credits and shall authorize transfer of the amount of his accumulated contributions
to his credit in said Employees' Retirement System to the annuity savings fund of the Teachers'
Retirement System. (c) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall thereupon
certify to the Board of Control of the Teachers'...
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16-25-5
Section 16-25-5 Transfer of membership in Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, etc., of
janitors, maids, cafeteria workers and other full-time employees in public education. (a)
The phrase "public education," as used in this section, shall be construed as meaning
and referring to any institution of learning supported wholly by public funds, regardless
of whether such institution is under the control and supervision of the State Department of
Education. (b) All janitors, maids, cafeteria workers and any other full-time employees in
public education, regardless of in what manner or on what basis paid, covered in the Employees'
Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-6 on October 1, 1975 shall
be enrolled and transferred to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama by their employer
with all credit as has been established in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. (c)
All janitors, maids, cafeteria workers and any other full-time employees in public...
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