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
Such person shall provide certification to the Teachers' Retirement System on or before October
1, 1988, of the time of service and salary for each period of claimed service. Such certification
shall be made by the employing institution from official employment records, provided that
where such records are not available, certification by the employing institution of such unavailability
together with verification of such service and salary by two disinterested persons, not related
to the claimant, with personal knowledge of the claimant's service shall be accepted
as proof of such service, and (2) Such person shall on or before June 30, 1989, pay to the
Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama a sum equal to the total
contributions which he or she would have made as a member during the period of claimed service
together with eight percent compounded interest through the date of payment. (Acts 1988, No.
88-653, p. 1050, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-525, p. 1074, §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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