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AL Code § 36-27-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-51 - Credit to Officer or Employee for Prior Service With Another Eligible Employer.

Section 36-27-51Credit 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 federal Social Security program, and the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in subdivision (2). (2) A member of the Employees' Retirement System eligible under this subsection, may receive credit for service rendered to another employer eligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System as provided in subdivision (1), provided that prior to receiving the credit, the member shall contribute, prior to the date of his or her retirement, to the Employees' Retirement System, for each year of service credit, a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or the average of his or her current annual earnable compensation for the two fiscal years immediately prior to the purchase, whichever is greater; the applicable percentage of the annual earnable compensations shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation. (b) The eligible employer defined in subsection (a) shall certify in writing to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama the total employment status and earnable compensation by fiscal year for the member requesting the service credit. (c) The member shall claim, purchase, and receive credit for all the service certified from the eligible employer up to a maximum of 10 years. In addition, the member is only eligible for a maximum of 10 years of service credit under this section regardless of the total number of eligible employers and total years of service. (Acts 1985, No. 85-662, p. 1055, §§1, 2; Acts 1988, No. 88-648, p. 1033, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-704, p. 1455, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-51.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-51.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service by Member of City Retirement System.

Section 36-27-51.1Purchase of credit for prior service by member of city retirement system. Any active and contributing member of a city retirement system that participates in the Employees' Retirement System under Section 36-27-6 who rendered prior service to a non-participating employer funded by a city and a county which was eligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System under Section 36-27-6, may purchase up to eight years of credit 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 2000-217, p. 326, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-27-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-52 - Coverage for Official Court Reporters.

Section 36-27-52Coverage for official court reporters. (a) Any person serving as an official court reporter on August 13, 1987, shall have one year from such date to elect to be covered by the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama in lieu of eligibility to become a supernumerary court reporter. All elections under this provision shall be in writing and filed with the Administrative Office of Courts and with the Board of Control of the state Employees' Retirement System within the election period heretofore set forth. Provided, however, that the failure of any person to elect coverage under the Employees' Retirement System shall not affect their eligibility to qualify for supernumerary status and any official circuit court reporter who was employed on August 13, 1987, and did not elect to be covered by the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama may, upon reemployment as an official court reporter after a lapse in service, continue to accumulate creditable service towards eligibility for supernumerary status. Any official court reporter employed prior to August 13, 1987, and who subsequently earned creditable years of service in the Employees' Retirement System while serving as an official court reporter may have those creditable years of service transferred to the court reporters' supernumerary program. Any official court reporter employed or appointed on or after August 13, 1987, shall automatically be covered under the Employees' Retirement System. (b) Official court reporters electing to be covered under the Employees' Retirement System may elect no later than September 30, 2000, to purchase creditable service in the Employees' Retirement System of up to five years for prior service as an official court reporter; provided that any court reporter so electing shall pay to the state Employees' Retirement System a sum equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service credit purchased as determined by the system's actuary. (Acts 1987, No. 87-777, p. 1525, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-787, p. 1466, §1; Act 99-378, p. 604, §1; Act 2000-450, p. 812, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-53 - Election by Certain Active Members Who Had Employment With Legislature Prior to 1979.

Section 36-27-53Election by certain active members who had employment with Legislature prior to 1979. Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System who has vested retirement benefits may hereby claim and purchase credit in the Employees' Retirement System for up to four years' time for employment by the Alabama Legislature prior to 1979, provided, that such member shall pay into the Employees' Retirement System the total amount he would have contributed had he been allowed to contribute at the position and salary level, together with interest not to exceed eight percent compounded annually from the date of service to the date of payment, and provided that he shall make such payment within one year from May 19, 1989. (Acts 1989, No. 89-915, p. 1810, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-53.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-53.1 - Election by Certain Active Members Who Had Employment With Legislature Prior to 1979 - Purchase Pursuant to Title 29.

Section 36-27-53.1Election by certain active members who had employment with Legislature prior to 1979 - Purchase pursuant to Title 29. Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System, may hereby claim and purchase credit in the Employees' Retirement System for up to four years' time for employment by the Alabama Legislature pursuant to Chapters 4, 5 and 7 of Title 29, prior to 1979, provided, that such member shall pay into the Employees' Retirement System the total amount he would have contributed had he been allowed to contribute at the position and salary level, together with interest not to exceed eight percent compounded annually from the date of service to the date of payment, and provided that he shall make such payment within one year from August 8, 1991. Provided, further, any active and contributing member who has previously purchased credit for said service rendered prior to 1979 is prohibited from purchasing such credit for the same service. (Acts 1991, No. 91-685, p. 1334, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-54 - Purchase of Credit by Certain Employees of Alabama State Docks Terminal Railway; Waiver of Federal Railroad Retirement Benefits; Termination Date.

Section 36-27-54Purchase of credit by certain employees of Alabama State Docks Terminal Railway; waiver of federal railroad retirement benefits; termination date. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama who has 10 or more years of creditable service in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama immediately prior to October 1, 1990 and who is employed by the State of Alabama at the time this bill becomes law, may hereby claim and purchase credit within the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama for all the time which such member has served as an employee of the Alabama State Docks and was paid through the Alabama State Docks Terminal Railway payroll and for which he is not otherwise eligible for credit in the Employees' Retirement System or any other retirement plan funded in whole or in part by the state except under the United States Social Security Act. (b) Any member eligible to claim and purchase such credit for service under subsection (a) of this section shall be awarded creditable service in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama provided he or she shall pay into the system prior to said member's date of retirement or prior to April 1, 1991, whichever occurs first, a sum of money which is equal to a percentage of his current annual compensation or average final salary, whichever is higher; the applicable percentage of said annual compensation or average final salary, whichever is higher, 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 credit under the provisions of this section. (c) In order to receive credit in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama as described in subsection (a) of this section, the member shall waive any and all benefits for which he is presently eligible, or may become eligible in the future, under federal railroad retirement law. A member's failure to waive these benefits will prohibit any credit of prior service by the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. Under no circumstances shall a person receive benefits from more than one pension plan for the same employment service. (d) The provisions of this section that allow credit by the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama for prior Alabama State Docks Terminal Railway service shall terminate on April 1, 1991, and no one shall be eligible to utilize any of the options granted herein if not fully exercised and paid prior to April 1, 1991. (Acts 1990, No. 90-579, p. 984, §§ 1-4.)
AL Code § 36-27-54.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-54.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Alabama State Docks.

Section 36-27-54.1Purchase of credit for prior service with Alabama State Docks. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System, who is employed by the Alabama State Docks on October 1, 1993, may purchase credit in the Employees' Retirement System for prior service with the state docks if the member has not received credit in the system for the same prior service and has not vested or otherwise become eligible to receive a retirement benefit by using the same prior service credit in another pension plan offered by the state docks. (b) A member of the Employees' Retirement System who is eligible to purchase any prior service credit under subsection (a) shall receive the credit if he or she pays into the system on or before his or her date of retirement, an amount of five percent of the greater of the member's current annual earnable compensation or average final compensation for the entire period of prior service claimed, or any portion thereof, plus eight percent compounded interest thereon through the date of repayment, for each year of prior service purchased. Prior service may only be purchased in yearly increments. At the same time that the employee makes his or her payment for the prior service credit, the Alabama State Docks shall remit to the Employees' Retirement System the employer's share of the cost for the prior service credit being purchased, plus eight percent compounded interest thereon through the date of repayment, as determined by the actuary for the system. (c)(1) A member purchasing prior service credit under this section shall waive any and all present and future benefits which he or she has qualified to receive under any federal railroad retirement laws, any collective bargaining agreements, or any other pension plans offered by the Alabama State Docks. Failure to waive those benefits shall render a member ineligible to purchase any prior service credit in the Employees' Retirement System under this section. (2) The reopening of the Employees' Retirement System for purchase of prior service credit under this section shall terminate on the date of retirement of the affected employee. (Acts 1993, No. 93-364, p. 607, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-55 - Purchase of Prior Service Credit by Certain Members With Prior Service in Office of Agriculture Economics at Auburn University; Cost; Termination Date.

Section 36-27-55Purchase of prior service credit by certain members with prior service in Office of Agriculture Economics at Auburn University; cost; termination date. (a) Any acting and contributing member of either the Teachers' or the Employees' Retirement System may elect to purchase prior service credit for any full time employment he or she had in the Office of Agriculture Economics at Auburn University, provided such person complies with the following conditions prescribed in this section. (b) Any member eligible to claim and purchase such credit for service under subsection (a) of this section shall be awarded creditable service under either the Teachers' or the Employees' Retirement System, as the case may be, provided he or she shall pay into his or her retirement system or fund, prior to said member's date of retirement and prior to October 1, 1991, a sum equal to a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation, or average final compensation, whichever is greater, for each year of service purchased; the applicable percentage of this current annual earnable compensation or average final salary, whichever is 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, 1991, and no one shall be eligible to utilize any of the options granted herein if not fully exercised and paid prior to October 1, 1991. (Acts 1990, No. 90-581, p. 987, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-55.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-55.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Alabama State Council on the Arts.

Section 36-27-55.1Purchase of credit for prior service with Alabama State Council on the Arts. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System may purchase credit in the Employees' Retirement System for prior service with the Alabama State Council on the Arts if the member has not received credit in the system for the same prior service and has not vested or otherwise become eligible to receive a retirement benefit by using the same prior service credit in another pension plan offered by the council. (b) A member of the Employees' Retirement System who is eligible to purchase any prior service credit under subsection (a) of this section shall receive the credit if he or she pays into the system on or before his or her date of retirement, an amount of five percent of the greater of the member's current annual earnable compensation or average final compensation, whichever is greater, as determined by the actuary for the system, for the entire period of prior service claimed, or any portion thereof, plus eight percent compounded interest thereon through the date of repayment, for each year of prior service purchased. Prior service may be purchased only in yearly increments of at least two years at a time. At the same time that the employee makes his or her payment for the prior service credit, he or she shall also remit to the Employees' Retirement System the employer's share of the cost for the prior service credit being purchased, plus eight percent compounded interest thereon through the date of repayment, as determined by the actuary for the system. (Acts 1994, No. 94-722, p. 1421, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-27-55.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-55.2 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With State Economic Opportunity Office.

Section 36-27-55.2Purchase of credit for prior service with State Economic Opportunity Office. (a)(1) Any member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall be eligible to receive up to 10 years of creditable service for service which was rendered between January 1, 1971, and December 31, 1983, as an employee of the State Economic Opportunity Office under the Alabama Development Office, 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 Employees' Retirement System; and, provided further, that the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in subdivision (2). (2) A member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama eligible to purchase service credit in the system under paragraph a. of this subdivision, may receive credit for the prior service rendered as provided in subdivision (1), provided that as conditions precedent to the receipt of the credit: a. The member shall contribute, prior to the date of his or her retirement, to the Employees' Retirement System, for each year of service credit, a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or average final compensation, whichever is greater; the applicable percentage of the annual earnable compensation or average final compensation, whichever is greater, shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation. b. The Alabama Development Office shall certify in writing to the Employees' Retirement System that the member was an employee of the State Economic Opportunity Office during the period for which he or she is claiming service credit. c. The member shall claim, purchase, and receive credit for the service described in paragraph b. in increments of not less than one year, unless the member's total or balance of the service described in paragraph b. is less than one year, in which event, he or she shall claim and purchase credit for the entire period. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a member shall not receive credit for the service described in subsection (a) where at the time of retirement he or she has credit or is entitled to any benefits whatsoever for the same service under any other retirement or pension plan. (Acts 1995, No. 95-381, p. 780, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-55.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-55.3 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service as a Welcome Center Employee.

Section 36-27-55.3Purchase of credit for prior service as a welcome center employee. (a) An active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System, who is also a vested member of the system, may purchase service credit in the system not to exceed five years for any period of prior service while he or she was employed at a welcome center for the state while employees of the welcome centers were not allowed to be members of the system. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this section including verification of the prior service for which the member desires to purchase credit in the system. The member shall receive credit for the service when he or she remits to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). Notwithstanding the foregoing language, no member of the Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible to receive credit for any period of time for which the member is already receiving credit in the system or in any other retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program. (b) Any employee electing to purchase service credit pursuant to subsection (a) shall remit to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System, within one year of October 1, 1997, for each year of service credit, a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or average final compensation, whichever is greater; the applicable percentage of the annual earnable compensation, or average final compensation, whichever is greater, shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation. (Acts 1997, No. 97-691, p. 1404, §1.)