45-37A-51.136
Section 45-37A-51.136 Powers and duties of the board. The board shall have such powers as are
necessary for the proper administration of the system including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) To prescribe procedures to be followed by participants, and their beneficiaries, in filing
applications for benefits and for the furnishing of evidence necessary to establish employees'
rights to such benefits. (2) To make determinations as to the rights of any participant or
their beneficiaries applying for or receiving benefits, and to afford any such individual
dissatisfied with any such determination the right of a hearing thereon. (3) To develop procedures
for the establishment of credited service of participants; and, after affording participants
an opportunity to make objection with respect thereto, to establish such service conclusively
in advance of retirement. (4) To retain and pay from the fund the services of a consultant
and actuary. (5) To receive and pay from the fund...
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36-26-121
Section 36-26-121 Annual itemized statement of employee and retirement benefits, and total
employer contributions to retirement systems and health insurance plans. (a) As used in this
article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. Any benefit
a public employee received or accrued from his or her employer, including, but not limited
to, salary or wages; insurance; allowance for days off such as vacation, holidays, sick leave,
or personal days; and contributions toward retirement or pension benefits. (2) HEALTH
INSURANCE PLAN. Either of the following health insurance plans as it applies to an individual
public employee or retiree: a. The State Employees' Health Insurance Plan. b. The Public Education
Employees' Health Insurance Plan. (3) RETIREE. A retiree or a beneficiary of a deceased retiree
who receives an employee benefit or pension benefit from a retirement system, as defined in
this section. (4) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. One of the following as it applies...
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36-27-23
Section 36-27-23 Board of Control; medical board, actuary. (a) The general administration and
responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective
the provisions of this article are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known
as the Board of Control. (b) The board shall consist of 13 trustees as follows: (1) The Governor,
ex officio, who shall be chairman. (2) The State Treasurer, ex officio. (3) The State Personnel
Director, ex officio. (4) The Director of Finance, ex officio. (5) Three members of the retirement
system, to be appointed by the Governor, no two of whom shall be from the same department
of the state government nor from any department of which an ex officio trustee is the head.
The state employees appointed pursuant to this section shall be Merit System employees with
at least ten years of creditable state service and shall not be a department head or an assistant
department head. The terms of office of the three members...
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16-25-2
Section 16-25-2 Name and date of establishment; powers, duties, etc., of Boards of Control;
immunity of officers, employees, etc. (a) There shall be a retirement system which shall constitute
a body corporate and shall be under the management of the Board of Control for the purpose
of providing retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of this chapter
for teachers of the State of Alabama. The retirement system shall be established as of October
1, 1940, or as soon thereafter as the Governor by proclamation declares the funds accruing
to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama are sufficient to meet the obligations of the
"normal contribution" on October 1, of a year following 1940. It shall have the
power and privileges of a corporation and shall be known as the "Teachers' Retirement
System of Alabama," and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of
its funds invested and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for
the...
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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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36-27-12
Section 36-27-12 Transfer of service credits, etc., from Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama.
(a) Any member of the Employees' Retirement System who, not more than one year prior to becoming
a member of the employees' retirement system, was a member of the Teachers' Retirement System
of Alabama may elect to transfer to the Employees' Retirement System his service credits in
said Teachers' Retirement System, as provided in this section. (b) Any such member so desiring
to transfer such service credits shall notify the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement
System after he becomes a member of the employees' 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 Teachers' Retirement System to the Annuity Savings Fund of the Employees'
Retirement System. (c) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall thereupon
certify to the Board of Control of the...
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36-27-55.3
Section 36-27-55.3 Purchase of credit for prior service as a welcome center employee. (a) An
active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System, who is also a vested member
of the system, may purchase service credit in the system not to exceed five years for any
period of prior service while he or she was employed at a welcome center for the state while
employees of the welcome centers were not allowed to be members of the system. The Board of
Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration
of this section including verification of the prior service for which the member desires to
purchase credit 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 Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible to receive
credit for any period of time for which the member is already...
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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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16-22-17
person who is receiving a benefit check each month from the Teachers' Retirement System. (b)
Each employer and the Teachers' Retirement System for each retiree shall prepare a separate
slot on their regular monthly, weekly, or biweekly personnel payrolls to provide for all eligible
employees to have the opportunity to purchase, at group rates or group discounts through their
professional organization, different plans for annuities, deferred compensation, disability,
casualty, automobile, personal liability, long-term health care and health insurance,
and other programs offered on a statewide basis by the organization for which the employees
or retirees qualify and which they chose to purchase. Each employee and retiree who qualifies
may choose to participate in the various statewide programs offered and may authorize deductions
from his or her regular payroll check or annuity in the amount of such premiums and costs
necessary to cover the programs chosen. The employer and the...
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16-25-18
Section 16-25-18 Redetermination of allowances of certain retired members. (a) Any member who
retired prior to October 1, 1975 and who has served in the armed services, as described in
Section 16-25-3, shall be entitled to claim such full-time military service and to have all
retirement allowances due on or after October 1, 1975 redetermined as if the provisions of
said section, as amended, were in effect at the time such member retired; provided, that such
retired member pays into the Teachers' Retirement System, in a lump sum prior to October 1,
1976, an amount equal to four percent of the average compensation which was paid to a teacher
during each claimed year of full-time military service, plus and together therewith, eight
percent interest compounded from the last date of such claimed military service; provided
further, that such retired member shall not receive membership service credit for more than
four years of military service and shall receive no credit for military service...
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