16-25-3
Section 16-25-3 Membership; membership credit for service in armed forces of United States;
deferred benefits. (a) The membership of the retirement system shall consist of the following:
All persons who shall become teachers after the date of establishment shall become members
of the retirement system as a condition of their employment. Any person who is a teacher on
the date of establishment shall become a member as of that date unless within a period of
90 days next following such teacher shall file with the Board of Control on a form prescribed
by the board a notice of his election not to be covered in the membership of the system and
a duly executed waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would otherwise inure
to him on account of his participation in the retirement system. (b) A teacher in service
on October 1, 1973, whose membership in the retirement system was contingent on his own election
and who elected not to become a member may thereafter apply for and be...
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36-27-4
Section 36-27-4 Membership - Generally; denial of membership; absence from service; military
service. (a) The membership of the retirement system shall be composed as follows: (1) All
persons who shall become employees after October 1, 1945, shall become members of the retirement
system as a condition of their employment. (2) Any person who is an employee on October 1,
1945, shall become a member as of that date unless, within a period of 90 days next following,
such employee shall file with the Board of Control on a form prescribed by the board a notice
of his or her election not to be covered in the membership of the system and a duly executed
waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would otherwise inure to him or her on
account of his or her membership in the retirement system. (3) An employee whose membership
in the retirement system is contingent on his or her own election and who elects not to become
a member may thereafter apply for and be admitted to membership...
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36-27-48.1
Section 36-27-48.1 Credit in system for period of service for which position excluded. (a)
Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System who is an employee
of an employer participating in the system pursuant to Section 36-27-6, and whose current
position was once excluded by the employer from participating in the system, may receive credit
in the system for the period of full-time service for which his or her position was excluded
by the employer from participating in the system, provided the member claiming the credit
has been continuously employed by the employer since January 1, 1987, and the member performs
and complies with the conditions prescribed in subsection (b) of this section. (b) A member
of the Employees' Retirement System eligible to purchase credit in the system under subsection
(a) of this section shall receive the credit after satisfying the following conditions: (1)
Each person eligible to claim and purchase the credit for service under...
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36-27-50
Section 36-27-50 Temporary legislative employees covered by retirement system and health insurance
plan; limitations; procedure; purchase of prior service. (a) Notwithstanding any provision
of this title to the contrary, any state employee who has worked during at least five regular
sessions of the Legislature since 1971 or any employee who has worked during five consecutive
regular sessions of the Legislature and who is termed "temporary employee" shall
be considered a full-time employee of the State of Alabama and may, at the option of the employee,
be covered as a member of the state Employees' Retirement System and the State Employees'
Health Insurance Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, coverage shall continue as if the person
is employed full time. The employee shall pay the full health insurance cost during the time
the employee is not on the legislative payrolls but remains eligible to continue employment
during the next regular or special session of the Legislature. During...
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36-27-56.1
Section 36-27-56.1 Purchase of credit for prior service as county solicitor. (a) Any vested
member of any component system or fund of the Employees' Retirement System may claim and purchase
up to three years' credit in his or her system or fund for up to three years of prior service
which he or she rendered to any county government as a county solicitor. (b) Any vested member
eligible to claim and purchase credit for prior service as a county solicitor under subsection
(a), shall be awarded credit under the appropriate system or fund provided he or she pays
into his or her respective retirement system or fund prior to the member's date of retirement,
a sum of money equal to a percentage of the member's highest annual compensation or final
average salary during the period of prior service, whichever is higher; the applicable percentage
of the highest annual compensation or the final average salary, whichever is higher, shall
be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and...
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36-27-57.2
Section 36-27-57.2 Purchase of credit for prior service rendered in office of local district
attorney or as court reporter, or both. (a) An active and contributing member of the Employees'
Retirement System who has been a member of the system for at least 10 years, may claim and
purchase credit not to exceed six years in the retirement system for prior service rendered
while employed in a program in the office of a local district attorney which was a nonparticipant
in the retirement system during the period of the prior service or for prior service rendered
as an official court reporter when court reporters were not allowed to participate in the
retirement system, or for both. The prior service credit may be purchased if the member has
not received credit for the prior service claimed in any public pension system or as a supernumerary
and the member complies with the provisions set forth in subsection (b). (b) Each person eligible
to claim and purchase credit for any prior service...
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16-25-40
Section 16-25-40 Persons whose date of retirement is prior to October 1, 1987 or beneficiaries
of deceased members or retirees entitled to cost of living increases. There is hereby provided,
commencing October 1, 1988, to each person whose effective date of retirement for purposes
of receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1987, and
to beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees provided the date of death for such
deceased member or the effective date of retirement for such deceased retiree for purposes
of receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1987, and
who is receiving a monthly allowance from the Teachers' Retirement System a cost-of-living
increase as follows: (1) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree
for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or Option 1. (2) One dollar per
month for each year of service attained by said retiree reduced by...
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36-27-10
Section 36-27-10 Procedure for receipt of full credits for prior service and membership service
in county by county engineers; procedure as to future service; administration of provisions.
(a) Any county engineer participating in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under
the provisions of Section 36-27-9 whose county is now covering its employees in the Employees'
Retirement System of Alabama may receive full credit for prior service and membership service
in that county, provided, that he shall pay to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama
the contributions he would have made plus regular interest from the date of participation
by the county had he been allowed to do so; provided further, that the employing county shall
agree to pay the employer's normal and accrued liability costs for such prior service and
membership service which it allows to such county engineers. Such additional accrued liability
for such service allowed by the county shall be determined by the...
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36-27-145
Section 36-27-145 Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. (a) Commencing
October 1, 1998, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or
quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public
organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is
receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 1998, administered by the Employees' Retirement
System, and whose years of creditable service has not been made known to the Employees' Retirement
System, may receive an increase in benefits in the amount of sixty dollars ($60) per month
if the monthly benefit is five hundred dollars ($500) or less; ninety dollars ($90) per month
if the monthly benefit is more than five hundred dollars ($500) but less than one thousand
dollars ($1,000); one hundred twenty dollars ($120) per month if the monthly benefit is more
than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but less than fifteen...
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36-27-155
Section 36-27-155 Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. (a) Commencing
October 1, 2000, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or
quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public
organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is
receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 2000, administered by the Employees' Retirement
System, and whose years of creditable service has not been made known to the Employees' Retirement
System, may receive an increase in benefits of four percent, except that no pensioner shall
receive an increase of less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month, provided the retired
employee retired prior to October 1, 2000, and the employer decides to come under the provisions
of this article. (b) Retired local public agency employees who retired prior to membership
of the employer in the Employees' Retirement System and...
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