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AL Code § 36-27-6.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-6.2 - Participation of Employees of Counties, Towns, Public or Quasi-Public Organizations, Etc. - Purchase of Credit for Service in Position Previously Excluded.

Section 36-27-6.2Participation of employees of counties, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. - Purchase of credit for service in position previously excluded. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System who is an employee of an employer participating in the system pursuant to Section 36-27-6, and whose current position was once excluded by the employer from participating in the system, may receive credit in the system for the period of full-time service for which his or her position was excluded by the employer from participating in the system, provided the member claiming the credit has been continuously employed by the employer since January 1, 1987, and the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in subsection (b). (b) A member of the Employees' Retirement System eligible to purchase credit in the system under subsection (a) shall receive the credit after satisfying the following conditions: (1) Within one year of October 1, 1998, the member shall contribute to the Employees' Retirement System for each year of credit claimed the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system's actuary. (2) The employer shall certify in writing to the Employees' Retirement System the dates of the period of full-time employment for which the member is claiming credit. (Act 98-655, p. 1438, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-27-6.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-6.3 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service as Firefighter.

Section 36-27-6.3Purchase of credit for prior service as firefighter. Any active and contributing member of a city or municipal retirement system that participates in the Employees' Retirement System under Section 36-27-6 who rendered prior service as a full-time firefighter with a non-participating city employer that has been annexed into a city or municipality that participates in the Employees' Retirement System, may purchase credit including hazardous duty service in the Employees' Retirement System for the prior service if the member pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System prior to the date of his or her retirement a sum equal to the full actuarial determined cost for each year of service purchased as determined by the actuary for the system. The local governmental entity which currently employs the member shall furnish the Employees' Retirement System with documentation of the prior service being claimed by the member as requested by the retirement system. Notwithstanding the foregoing language, no member of the Employees' Retirement System shall receive credit for any service that the member is already credited with in the system or in any other retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program. (Act 2007-388, p. 777, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-6.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-6.4 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With the Oxford Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

Section 36-27-6.4Purchase of credit for prior service with the Oxford Emergency Medical Services, Inc. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Oxford Emergency Medical Services, Inc., that participates in the Employees' Retirement System under Section 36-27-6, may purchase prior non-qualified service for employment rendered to Oxford Emergency Medical Services before July 14, 2009, as permitted by the IRC Section 415(n)(3)(B). Currently, under federal law the employee must have five or more years of creditable service in the Employees' Retirement System prior to purchasing up to five years' non-qualified service. (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. (c) Any member who is eligible to purchase service credit shall furnish to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system's actuary. (d) Any year of service purchased under the provisions of this section shall not be considered in determining the out-of-pocket premium amount charged to retirees under the provisions of Section 16-25A-8.1 or Section 36-29-19.7. Also, any service purchased under this section shall not entitle a member to be eligible for benefits under either the PEEHIP or SEIB any earlier than the member could have reached eligibility under the plan without the service purchased under the provisions of this section. (Act 2012-558, p. 1641, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-6.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-6.5 - Employers Authorized to Provide Tier I Retirement Benefits to Tier Ii Plan Members.

Section 36-27-6.5Employers authorized to provide Tier I retirement benefits to Tier II plan members.  (a) Any employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama pursuant to Section 36-27-6, may, by adoption of a resolution by May 8, 2021, elect to provide to its Tier II plan members the same retirement benefits provided to Tier I plan members. Provided, however, the Employees' Retirement System Board of Control, based on a staff review of the historical compliance with ERS requirements as well as the financial stability of the local government entity, may elect to deny the election authorized herein. The local entity may petition the Board of Control for a reconsideration of its action by May 8, 2021. The election shall be irrevocable and shall be effective at the beginning of the fiscal year following the date the resolution is received by the ERS. (b) Any employer that has not increased the Tier I member contribution rates as provided in Act 2011-676 shall develop a plan to gradually increase the member contribution rates as provided herein. The plan shall be submitted to the Employees' Retirement System before electing to provide Tier II plan members the same retirement benefits as Tier I plan members. Beginning in the month the election to provide Tier II plan members the same retirement benefits provided to Tier I plan members becomes effective, Tier II plan members shall contribute to the Employees' Retirement System seven and one-half percent of their earnable compensation and Tier II plan members who are firefighters, law enforcement officers, or correctional officers, as defined in Section 36-27-59 (a), shall contribute to the Employees' Retirement System eight and one-half percent of their earnable compensation. (c) Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, in the application of the provisions of Sections 36-27-16 and 16-25-14 to a member whose creditable service includes periods of service to different Tier plans, the benefit rates of each respective Tier plan will be applicable to the creditable service earned while in each respective Tier plan. In all other respects, the pension under this subsection shall be determined on the basis of the member's Tier plan at the time of his or her withdrawal from service.  (Act 2019-132, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-7 - Participation of Employees of Counties, Cities, Towns, Public or Quasi-Public Organizations, Etc. - Employees of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University Under Federal Appointment.

Section 36-27-7Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. - Employees of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University under federal appointment. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing board of Auburn University may, by resolution legally adopted, elect to have its employees, from whatever sources and in whatever manner paid, become eligible to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-6; provided, that all contributions and benefits shall be computed based on a percentage, not to exceed 50 percent, of each employee's total salary; and provided further, that such percentage shall be expressly stipulated in the aforesaid resolution and that the resolution must expressly state that such percentage shall be applied uniformly to all employees covered thereunder. The funding responsibility of the employer, and the resolution referred to above as it relates to the percentage stipulated shall not be subject to alteration, amendment, transfer or other change unless such authority is specifically and clearly granted by an enactment of the Legislature of Alabama which specifically and expressly names the employees of the Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University under federal appointment. The term "employee or employees" as herein used is defined as those persons performing their duties for the Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University who are under federal appointment to said Cooperative Extension Service. Members of the Employees' Retirement System who participate in said system under the provisions of this section shall participate and receive benefits under the same conditions as other members of said system; provided, that the basis for all computations shall not exceed 50 percent of each employee's total salary notwithstanding such member's coverage under federal civil service retirement. (b) Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, any employee hereunder, who subsequent to his participation in the Employees' Retirement System under the provisions of this section assumes regular employment with the state or with any employer unit participating in the Employees' Retirement System, or the Teachers' Retirement System, shall be entitled to count as creditable service only so much of each such year's service as is in the same proportion with the percentage of his salary contributed upon for such year. (c) The provisions of this section are supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any laws not in direct conflict therewith. (Acts 1975, No. 697, p. 1451, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-7.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-7.1 - Participation of Employees of Counties, Cities, Towns, Public or Quasi-Public Organizations, Etc. - Certain Retired Employees of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University.

Section 36-27-7.1Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. - Certain retired employees of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any retired employee of the Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University who has retired under federal civil service retirement after January 1, 1972, but on or before May 1, 1976, and who would otherwise be eligible to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-7, shall be allowed prior creditable service under the Employees' Retirement System for time spent in the employment of the Cooperative Extension Service before retirement under federal civil service retirement and shall be allowed to participate in the Employees' Retirement System under the same conditions and with same benefits for such past service as employees eligible to participate in the Employees' Retirement System under the provisions of Section 36-27-7; provided, that 10 percent of the cost with respect to the claim for prior service shall be borne by the individual employee, and the remaining 90 percent shall be paid from funds made available from the Education Trust Fund. All other costs with respect to the claim of prior service for the individual employee shall be paid from funds made available from the Education Trust Fund for that particular purpose, and such claims for prior service shall be without cost or liability to Auburn University. Contributions, plus regular interest by the employee, shall be made no later than 180 days after August 8, 1978. (b) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall administer the provisions of this section, and shall make such rules and regulations as necessary in carrying out its provisions. (Acts 1977, No. 807, p. 1399, §§1, 2; Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 115, p. 1830, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-7.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-7.2 - Reopening of Employees' Retirement System for Purchase of Prior Service Credit by Active and Contributing Member of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University.

Section 36-27-7.2Reopening of Employees' Retirement System for purchase of prior service credit by active and contributing member of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University. (a) Pursuant to Section 36-27-7.1, an active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System may elect to purchase prior service credit for full time employment he or she had in the Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University, acquired before May 1, 1976, provided the person complies with the following conditions prescribed in this section. (b) A member eligible to claim and purchase the credit for service under subsection (a) shall be awarded creditable service under the Employees' Retirement System. The member shall pay into his or her retirement system or fund, prior to the date of retirement of the member and prior to October 1, 1997, a sum equal to a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation, or average final compensation, whichever shall be greater, for each year of service purchased. The applicable percentage of this current annual earnable compensation or average final salary, whichever shall be greater, shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation, for each year of service purchased. (c) The provisions of this section to reopen the retirement system or fund shall terminate October 1, 1997, and no one shall be eligible to utilize the options granted if not fully exercised and paid prior to October 1, 1997. (Acts 1996, No. 96-654, p. 1051, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-8 - Continuation, etc., of Participation in System by Employee Covered or Retired Under System Who Becomes Director or Employee of Department; Payment of Matching Contribution by Department.

Section 36-27-8Continuation, etc., of participation in system by employee covered or retired under system who becomes director or employee of department; payment of matching contribution by department. (a) Any person who is an employee or retired employee of the State of Alabama and covered or retired under the provisions of the state Employees' Retirement System and who becomes the director or employee of any department may elect to continue or resume his participation in the state Employees' Retirement System. (b) Each department of the state is hereby authorized to pay out of any funds in the State Treasury to the credit of said department such sums as are necessary to match any contributions made to the state Employees' Retirement System by any past, present or future departmental director or employee under the provisions of this section. (c) The Board of Control of the state Employees' Retirement System shall make such rules and regulations as might be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and insure that any past, present or future departmental director or employee who comes under the provisions of this section shall receive full rights, privileges and benefits under the state Employees' Retirement System for the time he serves as a state departmental director or reemployed employee. (Acts 1971, No. 1514, p. 2628, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-8.1 - Optional Retirement for Previously Retired State Employees.

Section 36-27-8.1Optional retirement for previously retired state employees. (a) Any state employee who has retired under the state retirement system and is reemployed, upon his next retirement, in the event he has or has not become a member of the state retirement system, may have his choice of option, prior to the receipt of his first retirement check, if he has completed at least one year of satisfactory service. (b) The provisions of this section shall expire August 1, 1981, except that any rights that have vested under the provisions of this section during its effective period shall remain in full force and effect. (Acts 1981, No. 81-680, p. 1113, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-27-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-9 - Payment of Member's and Employer's Contributions for County Engineers by State Department of Transportation.

Section 36-27-9Payment of member's and employer's contributions for county engineers by State Department of Transportation. Membership payments of county engineers eligible for participation as members of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under Section 36-27-4, to the extent of the State Department of Transportation contribution to the county for the engineer's salary, shall be made as follows: (1) The State Director of Transportation shall cause to be deducted from the state's payment to the county for the engineer's salary the member's contribution and employer's contribution at the rates provided by law and remit the contribution to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama in the same manner as for department employees. The State Department of Transportation shall further contribute to the employing county an amount equal to the employer's contribution for the county engineer retirement from the same funds from which state's contribution for salary occurred, said contribution to be in addition to all other contributions authorized by Section 11-6-4 or any other law. (2) For service rendered from October 1, 1945, to September 30, 1965, by the county engineer to the State Department of Transportation or as county engineer, the county engineer shall pay to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama the contributions he would have paid had he been eligible for participation to the extent of the State Department of Transportation contribution to his salary plus regular interest under rules and regulations as may be required by the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. (3) Immediately after September 30, 1965, the Director of Transportation shall cause to be paid to the Employees' Retirement System from the same funds from which the state contribution to salary occurred the total amounts paid by all such county engineers for such prior membership service as county engineer, multiplied by 1.01 for the employing county's participation for service rendered from October 1, 1945, to September 30, 1965, as a further contribution to the employing county, said contribution to be in addition to all other contributions authorized by Section 11-6-4 or any other law. (Acts 1965, No. 683, p. 1244, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-10 - Procedure for Receipt of Full Credits for Prior Service and Membership Service in County by County Engineers; Procedure as to Future Service; Administration of Provisions.

Section 36-27-10Procedure for receipt of full credits for prior service and membership service in county by county engineers; procedure as to future service; administration of provisions. (a) Any county engineer participating in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-9 whose county is now covering its employees in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama may receive full credit for prior service and membership service in that county, provided, that he shall pay to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama the contributions he would have made plus regular interest from the date of participation by the county had he been allowed to do so; provided further, that the employing county shall agree to pay the employer's normal and accrued liability costs for such prior service and membership service which it allows to such county engineers. Such additional accrued liability for such service allowed by the county shall be determined by the actuary of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama and shall be included in the next valuation of the retirement system liabilities and shall be a charge to the county allowing service under this section. Contributions plus regular interest by the employee shall be made no later than March 31, 1972. (b) After October 1, 1971, any person employed as a county engineer whose county covers its employees in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall be covered in the same manner as other employees of the county, and to this extent the provisions of Section 36-27-9 shall not apply. (c) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall administer the provisions of this section and shall make such rules and regulations as necessary in carrying out its provisions. (Acts 1971, No. 235, p. 542, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-12.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-12.1 - Transfer of Service Credits, etc., From Judicial Retirement Fund.

Section 36-27-12.1Transfer of service credits, etc., from Judicial Retirement Fund. (a) Any member of the Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System, who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System, was a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund, may elect to transfer to the Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System, his or her creditable service and accumulated contributions, including the contributions of the employer, in the Judicial Retirement Fund, as provided in this section. (b) Any member desiring to transfer the creditable service and contributions shall, after becoming a member of the Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System, notify the Board of Control of the system, of his or her election to transfer the creditable service and, shall authorize transfer of the amount of his or her accumulated contributions to his or her credit in the Judicial Retirement Fund to his or her account in the Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System. (c) The Board of Control transferring the creditable service and contributions shall thereupon certify to the Boards of Control of the Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System and the Judicial Retirement 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 Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System with the creditable service and accumulated contributions so certified. (Acts 1993, No. 93-767, p. 1533, §1.)