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AL Code § 12-17-227.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.3 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Transfer of Membership Service and Accumulated Contributions.

Section 12-17-227.3(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Transfer of membership service and accumulated contributions.  (a) Any active and contributing member of the District Attorneys' Plan who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the plan was a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, may elect to transfer his or her membership service and accumulated contributions in the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System to the District Attorneys' Plan. (b) Any active and contributing member desiring to transfer any membership service and accumulated contributions under subsection (a) shall notify the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of his or her election to transfer membership service and shall authorize the transfer of the amount of his or her accumulated contributions to his or her credit in the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System to his or her account in the District Attorneys' Plan. (c) The Board of Control transferring the membership service and contributions shall thereupon certify to the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System and to the fund the amount of contributions and service creditable to the member at the time of separation from the transferring retirement system. The member shall be credited in the fund with the membership service and accumulated contributions so certified. (d) Anything in this division to the contrary notwithstanding, in the application of the foregoing provisions of this section to a member whose membership service includes a period of service as a district attorney and a period of service in another employment classification, the benefit rates applicable to a district attorney shall apply to all membership service as a district attorney, and the benefit rates applicable to the member's other employment classification shall apply to membership service in such other classification. In all other respects, the pension under this section shall be determined on the basis of the member's employment classification at the time of his or her withdrawal from service. (Act 2015-498, §21.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.4 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Service Retirement Allowance.

Section 12-17-227.4(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Service retirement allowance.  (a) Any member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 62 may retire upon written application to the Board of Control setting forth at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he or she desires to be retired; provided, that any such member shall have completed 10 or more years of membership service in the District Attorneys' Plan. (b) Any member who has attained age 62 and has previously withdrawn from service may retire upon written application to the Board of Control setting forth at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he or she desires to be retired; provided, that any such member shall have completed 10 or more years of membership service. (c) Upon retirement from service, the member shall receive a service retirement allowance which shall consist of an annuity, which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the member's accumulated contributions at the time of retirement, and a pension, which when added to the member's annuity shall be equal to three percent (3%) of the member's average final compensation multiplied by the member's number of years of membership service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the service retirement allowance shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the member's average final compensation. (Act 2015-498, §22.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.5 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Disability Retirement Allowance.

Section 12-17-227.5(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Disability retirement allowance. (a) Upon application of an active and contributing member, any such member who has 10 or more years of membership service who becomes disabled may be retired on a disability retirement allowance by the Board of Control not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days next following the date of filing of such application; provided that the medical board, after a medical examination of such member, shall certify that such individual is totally and permanently mentally or physically incapacitated from regular and substantial gainful employment and that such member should be retired. (b) Upon retirement for disability, the member shall receive a service retirement allowance if he or she has attained age 62; otherwise, he or she shall receive a disability retirement allowance which shall consist of an annuity, which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the member's accumulated contributions at the time of retirement, and a pension, which when added to the member's annuity shall be equal to three percent (3%) of the member's average final compensation multiplied by the member's number of years of membership service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the disability retirement allowance shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the member's average final compensation. (c) Once each year during the first five years following the retirement of a member on a disability retirement allowance and once every three-year period thereafter, the Board of Control may require any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained age 62 to undergo a medical examination, such examination to be made at the place of residence of such beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon by a physician or physicians of or designated by the medical board. Should any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained age 62 refuse to submit to such medical examination, his or her retirement allowance may be discontinued until his or her withdrawal of such refusal, and should his or her refusal continue for one year, all his or her rights in and to his or her pension may be revoked by the Board of Control. Should the medical board report and certify to the Board of Control that a disability beneficiary has the capacity to engage in regular and substantial gainful employment, the Board of Control shall discontinue the beneficiary's retirement allowance until the beneficiary is otherwise eligible for service retirement. (Act 2015-498, §23.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.7 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Cancellation of Survivor Allowance.

Section 12-17-227.7(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Cancellation of survivor allowance.  Any member of the plan who is retired and who has selected a survivor option may cancel the survivor allowance payable to his or her designated beneficiary. Such election shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Control and once made by the member shall be irrevocable. Any member who so elects to cancel a survivor allowance shall designate such new beneficiary as he or she shall nominate to receive a pro rata payment for the number of days the member shall live during the month of his or her death. Any cancellation of a survivor allowance under the provisions of this section shall be irrevocable by the member and payment of the pro rata amount for the number of days the member lives during the month of his or her death shall be in lieu of any other benefits heretofore payable. (Act 2015-498, §25.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.8 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Withholdings From Retirement Pay.

Section 12-17-227.8(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Withholdings from retirement pay.  (a) Any member who, at the time of his or her retirement is a member of and holds a policy in any state group hospitalization or health insurance plan, may in writing authorize the Secretary-Treasurer of the state retirement system to withhold from his or her retirement pay a sufficient sum or amount to pay the premium on such policy. (b) The Secretary-Treasurer of the state Employees' Retirement System, when authorized by a retired employee, is hereby authorized to withhold from the retirement pay of such employee a sufficient amount to pay the premium on such policy and remit the same to the insurance carrier. (Act 2015-498, §26.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.9 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Management and Supervision of Plan; Rulemaking Authority.

Section 12-17-227.9(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Management and supervision of plan; rulemaking authority.  The District Attorneys' Plan shall be under the management and supervision of the Employees' Retirement System as a component of the Judicial Retirement Fund, with all contributions to the plan deposited and held in the same manner as contributions to the Judicial Retirement Fund. The Employees' Retirement System may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement the plan. (Act 2015-498, §27.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.10 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Legislation to Include Costs.

Section 12-17-227.10(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Legislation to include costs. All proposed legislation affecting the plan shall be accompanied by an actuarial estimate of the cost involved in such proposed legislation. (Act 2015-498, §28.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.11 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Supernumerary Program; Participation Election.

Section 12-17-227.11(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Supernumerary program; participation election.   (a) A person serving as district attorney, supernumerary district attorney, or who has made an election to assume the office of supernumerary district attorney or is otherwise entitled to participate in the supernumerary district attorney program established under Division 2 of this article shall, subject to subsection (c), continue to serve or participate in the supernumerary district attorney program, which shall include the assumption of the office of the supernumerary district attorney after November 8, 2016 according to the terms and conditions of Division 2 of this article, notwithstanding the fact that the person may be re-elected after November 8, 2016 to the office he or she is holding on November 8, 2016. (b) No person may participate in both the supernumerary district attorney program and the Employees' Retirement System based on the same service. (c) A district attorney who was elected prior to November 8, 2016 and who is serving in the capacity of district attorney on and after November 8, 2016 and had prior service credit in the Employees' Retirement System, Teachers' Retirement System, or Judicial Retirement Fund prior to being elected district attorney shall have 30 days from November 8, 2016 to elect to participate in the District Attorneys' Plan established by this division. This election shall be irrevocable. (d) An assistant or deputy district attorney who obtains service credit in that position as a Tier 1 plan member and is elected or appointed district attorney on or after November 8, 2016, may withdraw from service after completion of not less than 25 years of credible service and may retire without a reduction in retirement allowance upon written application to the Board of Control setting forth at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he or she desires to be retired. (Act 2015-498, §29.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.12 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Fraud; Correction of Errors.

Section 12-17-227.12(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Fraud; correction of errors.  (a) Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this plan in any attempt to defraud such plan shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00, or imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. (b) Should any charge or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the fund more or less than he or she would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the Board of Control shall correct such error and, as far as practicable, shall adjust the payment in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid. (Act 2015-498, §31.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.13 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Exemption From Taxes; Assignability.

Section 12-17-227.13(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Exemption from taxes; assignability.  The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance or to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity or retirement allowance itself and any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this division and the moneys in the fund are hereby exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever and shall be unassignable except as in this division specifically otherwise provide. (Act 2015-498, §32.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.14 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Admissibility of Evidence.

Section 12-17-227.14(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Admissibility of evidence.  Official copies of records or documents maintained on microfilm, microfiche or other photo-reproductive material of archival quality by the Employees' Retirement System shall be admissible as primary evidence in any legal, judicial, or administrative proceeding or action for the purpose of proving the truth of the contents of the photo-reproduced copies of such records or documents, regardless of any rule of evidence or law relating to the proof of such matters, provided the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama certifies on such copies offered into evidence that the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama is not in possession of the original and that the copy is a true and correct representation of the original. (Act 2015-498, §33.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.15 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Relation to Other Laws.

Section 12-17-227.15(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Relation to other laws.  No other provision of law in any other statute which provides wholly or partly at the expense of the State of Alabama or of any political subdivision thereof for pensions or retirement benefits for employees of the state shall apply to members of the plan established by this division, except as to provisions for coverage under the federal Social Security Act, as may be provided by state and federal laws. (Act 2015-498, §34.)
AL Code § 12-17-227.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 6 - District Attorneys'plan for Retirement.|Section 12-17-227.16 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Compliance With Qualification Standards.

Section 12-17-227.16(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Compliance with qualification standards.  The Board of Control is authorized to implement any new accounting procedures, funds, or administrative changes and to provide for the payment of benefits to members or beneficiaries of the plan as may be necessary to ensure the plan's compliance with the qualification standards required of public pension plans by the Internal Revenue Code of the United States. (Act 2015-498, §35.)
AL Code § 12-17-250 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 8 - District Court Administrative Agency, Magistrates, and Supernumerarymagistrates.|Division 1 - District Court Administrative Agency and Magistrates.|Section 12-17-250 - District Court Administrative Agency Created; Powers and Duties Thereof; Persons Deemed Officials of Agency; Judicial Powers Thereof Generally.

Section 12-17-250District court administrative agency created; powers and duties thereof; persons deemed officials of agency; judicial powers thereof generally. The district court shall have under its supervision a district court administrative agency empowered to provide expeditious service in connection with administrative adjudication of minor misdemeanors, the issuance of warrants, certain juvenile justice functions, as provided by this title, and other powers provided by law; provided, that the clerk of the district court shall have responsibility for administration of said clerk's office. The personnel designated by the judge or judges and the clerk of the district court, as magistrates and referees in juvenile cases, shall be considered as officials of such administrative agency. Such officials shall be vested with judicial power reasonably incident to the accomplishment of the purposes and responsibilities of the administrative agency; provided, that the clerk of the district court shall have responsibility for administration of said clerk's office. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)
AL Code § 12-17-251 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 8 - District Court Administrative Agency, Magistrates, and Supernumerarymagistrates.|Division 1 - District Court Administrative Agency and Magistrates.|Section 12-17-251 - Magistrates Deemed Chief Officers of Agency; Appointment and Powers of Magistrates.

Section 12-17-251Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates. (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of such administrative agency, subject to the administrative direction of the clerk of the district court. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates by class or position. In addition thereto, the Supreme Court may provide for the appointment of other magistrates by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation and nomination by the judge or judges and the clerk of the district court under whom such magistrates are to serve. (c) The powers of a magistrate shall be limited to: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants and, where such magistrate is licensed to practice law in Alabama or was serving as a full-time magistrate or warrant clerk on September 1, 1976, and who continued in such capacity as a merit system employee in the district court, search warrants; (2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions; (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule of fines has been prescribed by rule; and (4) Such other authority as may be granted by law. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106; Acts 1977, No. 551, p. 740; Acts 1980, No. 80-765, p. 1594.)
AL Code § 12-17-252 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 8 - District Court Administrative Agency, Magistrates, and Supernumerarymagistrates.|Division 1 - District Court Administrative Agency and Magistrates.|Section 12-17-252 - Supreme Court to Provide Rules of Administration for Agency.

Section 12-17-252Supreme Court to provide rules of administration for agency. The Supreme Court shall provide rules of administration for such administrative agency, including the bonding of all officials who will be handling money. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §4-106.)
AL Code § 12-17-253 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 8 - District Court Administrative Agency, Magistrates, and Supernumerarymagistrates.|Division 1 - District Court Administrative Agency and Magistrates.|Section 12-17-253 - Election by Inferior Court Judges Whose Positions Abolished by Constitution to Become Magistrates for Duration of Unexpired Terms as Judges; Salaries of Such Judges.

Section 12-17-253Election by inferior court judges whose positions abolished by Constitution to become magistrates for duration of unexpired terms as judges; salaries of such judges. In the event that there exists within the State of Alabama a judge of a court inferior to the circuit court in any county, municipal judges excluded, who is not qualified under the provisions of Amendment 328 to the Constitution of Alabama to continue to be a judge and whose judgeship is abolished by said Amendment 328 prior to the expiration of his term, then said judge may elect to automatically become a magistrate under this title for the duration of his unexpired term as a judge; provided, that such election shall be made in writing prior to January 1, 1977, and filed with the Secretary of State. The salary of such magistrate, to be paid by the state, shall be equal to the salary such judge earned as such inferior court judge on September 1, 1975. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-106.)