36-27-170
Section 36-27-170 Participation in plan. (a) As governed by this subsection, there exists as a part of this retirement system, an optional account known as the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, which may be cited as "DROP." The purpose of DROP is to allow, contractually, in lieu of immediate withdrawal from service and receipt of a retirement allowance, continued employment for a specific period of time, coupled with the deferral of receipt of a retirement allowance until the end of such period of participation, at which time the member shall withdraw from service. (b) Participation in DROP is an option available to any member of this retirement system who meets all of the following: (1) Has at least 25 years of creditable service exclusive of sick leave. (2) Is at least 55 years of age, or in the case of a state police member, is at least 52 years of age. (3) Is eligible for service retirement. (c) An election to participate in DROP may be made in one year increments not to exceed five...
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36-27-57.3
Section 36-27-57.3 Reopening of Employees' Retirement System to allow purchase of credit for prior service in office of local district attorney. (a) An active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System may claim and purchase credit not to exceed two years in the retirement system for prior service rendered in the office of a local district attorney which was a nonparticipant in the Employees' Retirement System during the period of the prior service. 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 under subsection (a) shall be awarded creditable service under the Employees' Retirement System provided he or she shall pay into the retirement system, prior to October 1, 1996, a lump sum equal to a percentage of his...
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11-43-7.2
Section 11-43-7.2 Additional expense allowances for members of council or governing body of Class 1 municipalities. (a) In addition to the authority granted by Section 11-43-7.1, the council or other governing body of any Class 1 municipality may grant to the members of the council or governing body, an additional amount of money monthly for expenses incurred by the members when attending to the business of the municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum amount of the additional expense allowance shall be three hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents ($333.33) per month. (b) Notwithstanding all other provisions of law, any council or governing body member may elect in writing to have the expense allowances authorized by subsection (a) of this section and Section 11-43-7.1, become subject to the withholding of any employee contribution required to be paid into the trust fund of any pension or retirement system in which the member is eligible to participate. A...
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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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16-25C-2
Section 16-25C-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Control of the Public Education Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund. (2) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. An employer or other entity who compensates a participant for the public service. (3) FUND. The Public Education Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund. (4) PARTICIPANT. A person who elects to participate in the fund who makes voluntary employee contributions into a 457 deferred compensation plan or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan and who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, ยง2.)...
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36-27-1
Section 36-27-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The Employees' Retirement System of Alabama as defined in Section 36-27-2. (2) EMPLOYEE. Any regular employee of the State of Alabama whose salary is paid by state warrant by the state, except a member of the Legislature of the state, a person who is covered or eligible to be covered under the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama or any other retirement system to which contributions are made by the state, an elective official of the state government, and a temporary employee or person engaged under retainer or special agreement. In all cases of doubt the Board of Control shall determine who is an employee within the meaning of this article. The term shall include any regular employee of the Alabama state hospitals and Partlow State School and Hospital and the Alabama State Port Authority,...
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36-27-55.7
Section 36-27-55.7 Purchase of credit for prior service with U. S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement System who has 10 years or more of credible service in either system may claim and purchase service credit in the system for up to 10 years of prior service for employment as an employee with the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency if the member complies with the conditions prescribed in 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 to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system, by May 23, 2013, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system's...
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12-18-8.3
Section 12-18-8.3 Restoration of prior creditable service; participation in other public retirement systems. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, any judge who is currently a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund or who becomes a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund at a future date, who had previously withdrawn his or her funds from the Judicial Retirement Fund or whose account had been terminated due to a five-year absence shall have restored to him or her all creditable service if the judge completes two years of contributing membership service after he or she again becomes a member of the retirement fund and subsequently repays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Judicial Retirement Fund the amount previously returned to him or her including compounded interest of eight percent to the date of repayment, prior to the date of retirement of the member. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any member who elects to purchase credit for withdrawn service shall be...
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36-27-21.3
Section 36-27-21.3 Cost-of-living increases; funding. (a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1982, to any person retired prior to October 1, 1981, under the Teachers' Retirement System or Employees' Retirement System of Alabama and who is receiving a retirement allowance therefrom, a cost-of-living increase of $1.00 per month for each year of creditable service attained by said member; provided any person retired under the provisions of Section 36-27-7, or 36-27-7.1 shall receive an increase of $.50 per month for each year of creditable service attained by said member. In addition to the foregoing amount an additional $1.00 per month increase may be granted upon the occurrence of certain conditions set forth in subsection (e) of this section; provided any person retired under the provisions of Section 36-27-7, or 36-27-7.1 may receive an additional $.50 per month increase upon the occurrence of certain conditions pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. Effective...
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36-27-5.1
Section 36-27-5.1 Participation of employees of regional or local legislative delegation office. (a) Any person who is employed full-time by a regional or local legislative delegation office shall be deemed to be an "employee" of the State of Alabama, as defined in Section 36-27-1. From the date he assumes his duties, any such person shall be deemed to be a "member" of the state Employees' Retirement System, as defined in Section 36-27-4; provided, that the required contributions are made to the system. (b) Any person serving as of October 1, 1991, shall be entitled to receive credit toward his retirement allowance for any service previously rendered as an employee of a regional or local legislative delegation office, and any person employed by such offices thereafter shall become a member of the Employees' Retirement System as a condition of employment. If he elects to do so, he may notify the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of his intention to claim such credit...
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