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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36-27-15.2
Section 36-27-15.2 Granting of credit for out-of-state service, service as support employee
or teachers' aide, Teachers' Corps service, and Job Corps service. (a)(1) Any member of the
Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama or any member of the Employees' Retirement System of
Alabama shall be eligible to receive up to 10 years of creditable service for employment in
public education in states other than Alabama, for prior service in public education in Alabama
as a support employee or a teacher's aide, for regular full-time service with the Teachers'
Corps in the State of Alabama, for regular full-time service with the Job Corps, or for up
to 10 years of creditable service for public employment rendered in states other than Alabama,
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 retirement system of which he or she is a member; and,...
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16-25-29
Section 16-25-29 for prior service for employment while student at public institution
of higher learning. (a) No person who is an active and contributing member of or retired from
the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and as a student was previously employed in a full-time
position by a public educational institution of higher learning in Alabama may claim and purchase
credit for such service unless the provisions of this section are complied with, and
in no event after June 30, 1989, provided further, that no service as a student employee may
be purchased unless such employment consisted of at least 20 hours of service per week. (b)
Any person eligible to claim and purchase credit for service as a full-time student employee
shall be awarded credit for such service under the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama
provided he or she shall comply with the following requirements: (1) Such person shall provide
certification to the Teachers' Retirement System on or before October 1,...
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36-27-41
Section 36-27-41 Employees for whom system reopened; payment of contributions. (a) Any
employee who was in service on October 1, 1974, whose membership in the Employees' Retirement
System of Alabama was contingent upon his own election and who elected not to become a member,
may apply for and be admitted to membership with all prior service credit, as otherwise provided
for in Article 1 of this chapter, at any time prior to October 1, 1976; provided, that said
employee pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama on
or before October 1, 1976, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made
as a member during his service as an employee from October 1, 1945, or the date of entry of
his employing unit, to the date of his application for membership, plus compound interest
of eight percent on such contributions. (b) Any member in service on October 1, 1974, or any
retired member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, who at one time...
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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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36-27-98
Section 36-27-98 Certain pensioners and annuitants, retired from local units before
units became members and receiving benefits, may receive increase; certain local units may
provide increase. (a) Any pensioner who retired from a city, town, county, or local board
before the city, town, county, or local board became a member of the Employees' Retirement
System, and who is receiving a monthly benefit on May 13, 1993, administered by the Employees'
Retirement System, may receive an increase in benefits in the amount of $60 per month if the
city, town, county, or local board elects to fund the increase, provided the pensioner retired
prior to October 1, 1992. For purposes of this section, a pensioner is a retiree who
earned retirement in any public pension plan created by the Legislature or a political subdivision.
(b) Any annuitant who retired from a city, town, county, or local board before the city, town,
county, or local board became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and...
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16-25-11.16
Section 16-25-11.16 Purchase of credit for prior service to Southeastern Educational
Laboratory Program. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System
may claim and purchase service credit in the system not to exceed two years for prior service
as a full-time employee of the Southeastern Educational Laboratory Program for the period
of time between September 1, 1967, and March 31, 1969. 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 that the member is already credited with in the system or any other
public retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program. (b) Any
member who is eligible to purchase service credit pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay...

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36-27-120
Section 36-27-120 Amount of increase - Persons other than persons whose employer participated
in Employees' Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 1994, each person, except those
whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6,
36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits
from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1994, and who is receiving or
is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive
a cost-of-living increase of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month and the increase
shall be more if determined by computing the sum of the following three factors: (1) Two and
one-half (2.5) percent of the individual's current gross monthly benefit, including all previous
increases. (2) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each year of creditable service in covered
employment prior to retirement. (3) One dollar ($1) for...
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36-27-94
Section 36-27-94 Amount of increase - Persons other than persons whose employer participated
in Employees' Retirement System; certain beneficiaries. (a) Commencing October 1, 1993, each
person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant
to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes
of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1992, and
who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement
System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase determined by computing the sum of the following
three factors: (1) One and twenty-eight hundredths percent of the individual's current monthly
benefit, including all previous increases. (2) One dollar and twenty-eight cents for each
year of creditable service in covered employment prior to retirement. (3) One dollar and twenty-eight
cents for each year since the effective date of...
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