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AL Code § 36-27-55.4 (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 36-27-55.4 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

Section 36-27-55.4Purchase of credit for prior service with International Motorsports Hall of Fame.  (a) An active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System who is currently employed with the International Motorsports Hall of Fame may purchase credit in the system for prior service rendered with the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and compensated by the International Speedway Corporation between January 1, 1982, and December 31, 1983. Notwithstanding, 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) A member eligible to purchase prior service credit in the Employees' Retirement System under subsection (a) may elect to purchase the credit prior to October 1, 2002, by paying the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System a lump sum equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service purchased as determined by the system's actuary. (Act 2001-1101, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1162, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-55.5 (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 36-27-55.5 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board of Mobile County, Inc.

Section 36-27-55.5Purchase of credit for prior service with Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board of Mobile County, Inc.  (a) Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System may claim and purchase credit not to exceed 10 years in the system for prior service rendered while employed with the Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board of Mobile County, Inc., if the member complies with subsection (b). (b) A member of the Employees' Retirement System eligible to purchase prior service credit pursuant to subsection (a) may receive credit in the system for the prior service by paying prior to his or her date of retirement, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service purchased as determined by the system's actuary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member of the Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible to receive service credit in the system for any service that the member is already credited with in the system or in any other public retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program. (c) The Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board of Mobile County, Inc. shall certify in writing to the Employees' Retirement System the total employment status and earnable compensation by fiscal year for the member purchasing credit for any prior service as provided for in this section. (Act 2002-407, p. 1025, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-55.6 (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 36-27-55.6 - Participation of Directors and Employees of Alabama State Council on the Arts.

Section 36-27-55.6Participation of directors and employees of Alabama State Council on the Arts. Notwithstanding any provision of Section 41-9-43, or any other provisions of law to the contrary, the director and the employees of the Alabama State Council on the Arts shall begin participating as members of the Employees' Retirement System on October 1, 2002, under the same rules and regulations in effect at the time for state employees participating as active members of the system. No later than September 30, 2002, all funds in any private retirement plan or program which is in effect for the director and employees of the council shall be transferred to the Employees' Retirement System and the council shall cease participating in the private retirement plan or program on the date of the transfer. Upon commencing participation as a state agency in the Employees' Retirement System, the director and the employees of the council shall receive credit in the Employees' Retirement System for all prior service rendered to the council before October 1, 2002, provided the prior service credit is not being used for participation in any other public retirement system or plan other than the federal Social Security program. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System may promulgate and implement any administrative rules necessary to implement this section. (Act 2002-416, p. 1060, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-55.7 (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 36-27-55.7 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With U. S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency.

Section 36-27-55.7Purchase 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 actuary. (c) 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 Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan or the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan 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, §§2, 3.)
AL Code § 36-27-56 (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 36-27-56 - Granting of Credit for Service as County Solicitor - Sum to Be Paid Into Retirement System to Purchase Credit for Service.

Section 36-27-56Granting of credit for service as county solicitor - Sum to be paid into retirement system to purchase credit for service. (a) Any active and contributing member of any member unit of the State of Alabama retirement systems who has been such a member for at least one year may hereby claim and purchase credit in his or her respective member unit of the State of Alabama retirement systems for service rendered to any county government as a county solicitor. Such retirement systems member shall be allowed to purchase such prior service for a period of prior service time not to exceed eight years' total service as county solicitor. (b) Any member eligible to claim and purchase credit for such county service under subsection (a) shall be awarded such credit under such member unit of the Retirement Systems of Alabama provided he or she shall pay into his or her respective retirement system fund prior to said member's date of retirement and not later than October 1, 1993, a sum of money equal to a percentage of the member's 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 purchased, not to exceed eight years. (Acts 1991, No. 91-585, p. 1074, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-27-56.1 (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 36-27-56.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service as County Solicitor.

Section 36-27-56.1Purchase of credit for prior service as county solicitor. (a) Any vested member of any component system or fund of the Employees' Retirement System may claim and purchase up to three years' credit in his or her system or fund for up to three years of prior service which he or she rendered to any county government as a county solicitor. (b) Any vested member eligible to claim and purchase credit for prior service as a county solicitor under subsection (a), shall be awarded credit under the appropriate system or fund provided he or she pays into his or her respective retirement system or fund prior to the member's date of retirement, a sum of money equal to a percentage of the member's highest annual compensation or final average salary during the period of prior service, whichever is higher; the applicable percentage of the highest annual compensation or the final average 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 purchased, not to exceed three years. (Acts 1993, No. 93-715, p. 1400, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-57 (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 36-27-57 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With District Attorney.

Section 36-27-57Purchase of credit for prior service with district attorney. (a) Whenever words and phrases defined in Section 36-27-1 are used in this section, they shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in that section unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended. (b) Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System may elect to purchase credit for any service rendered to any district attorney within the State of Alabama prior to May 4, 1982, the effective date of Section 36-29-1, notwithstanding any document heretofore executed which was signed waiving the right to purchase the service. (c) Any employee electing to purchase service credit pursuant to subsection (b) shall remit to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement System of Alabama, within one year of October 1, 1996, 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 1993, No. 93-304, p. 442, §§1-3; Acts 1996, No. 96-774, p. 1415, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-57.1 (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 36-27-57.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service Rendered in Program Financed by Federal Grant in Office of Local District Attorney.

Section 36-27-57.1Purchase of credit for prior service rendered in program financed by federal grant in office of local district attorney. (a) An active and contributing member of the Employees' or Teachers' Retirement System who has been a member of the system for at least 10 years, may claim and purchase credit not to exceed three years in his or her respective retirement system for prior service rendered while employed in a program in the office of a local district attorney which was financed at the time the service was rendered by a federal grant if the member complies with the provisions set forth in subsection (b) of this section. (b) Each person eligible to claim and purchase the credit for service under subsection (a) of this section shall be awarded creditable service under the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System provided he or she shall pay into the retirement system, prior to October 1, 1995, a lump sum equal to the percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation, or final average compensation, whichever is greater, for each year of service credit purchased; the current annual earnable compensation or final average 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 1994, No. 94-721, p. 1419, §§3, 4; Acts 1994, No. 94-722, p. 1421, §§3, 4.)
AL Code § 36-27-57.2 (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 36-27-57.2 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service Rendered in Office of Local District Attorney or as Court Reporter, or Both.

Section 36-27-57.2Purchase of credit for prior service rendered in office of local district attorney or as court reporter, or both. (a) An active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System who has been a member of the system for at least 10 years, may claim and purchase credit not to exceed six years in the retirement system for prior service rendered while employed in a program in the office of a local district attorney which was a nonparticipant in the retirement system during the period of the prior service or for prior service rendered as an official court reporter when court reporters were not allowed to participate in the retirement system, or for both. 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 or her current annual earnable compensation, or average compensation for the two years immediately prior to the purchase, whichever is greater, for each year of service credit purchased; the applicable percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or average 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 1995, No. 95-555, p. 1161, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-27-57.3 (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 36-27-57.3 - Reopening of Employees' Retirement System to Allow Purchase of Credit for Prior Service in Office of Local District Attorney.

Section 36-27-57.3Reopening 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 or her current annual earnable compensation, or average compensation, whichever is greater, for each year of service credit purchased; the applicable percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or average 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 1996, No. 96-655, p. 1052, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-58 (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 36-27-58 - Purchase of Credit for Time on Maternity Leave.

Section 36-27-58Purchase of credit for time on maternity leave. (a) Notwithstanding any other laws, an active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System may purchase service credit in the system not to exceed one year for any period of time while he or she was on maternity leave from service without pay. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this section including verification of the service that the member desires to purchase credit for 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 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. (b) Any member who is eligible to purchase service credit in the Employees' Retirement System under subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system, prior to October 1, 2000, for the claimed service, a sum equal to the full actuarially required cost for each year of service credit purchased as determined by the actuary for the system. (c) Subsequent to October 1, 2000, any member claiming service credit under the provisions of this section shall claim and purchase the service credit no later than June 30 of the year immediately following the expiration of the maternity leave. (Act 99-385, p. 612, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-27-58.1 (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 36-27-58.1 - Purchase of Credit for Certain Members Away From Work Due to Job-Related Injury.

Section 36-27-58.1Purchase of credit for certain members away from work due to job-related injury.  (a) Notwithstanding any other laws, any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama may purchase up to two years of service credit for the time he or she was receiving benefits pursuant to the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act, commencing with Section 25-5-1, and was absent from work due to a work related and compensable injury; provided that the member returned to work with his or her covered employer within one year following cessation of workers' compensation benefits. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this section including verification of the service that the member desires to purchase credit for 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 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. (b) Any member who is eligible to purchase service credit in the Employees' Retirement System under subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system within two years from the end of the disability period for which credit is sought for the claimed service, a lump sum equal to the full actuarially required cost for each year of service credit purchased as determined by the actuary for the system. (Act 2015-256, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-70 (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 3 - Reopening for Employees of Cities, Counties, or Political Subdivisions.|Section 36-27-70 - Who Is Eligible for Additional Credit.

Section 36-27-70Who is eligible for additional credit. Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System who was a regular employee of an agency eligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System under Section 36-27-6 and is now covered by the Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible to receive up to eight years of creditable service for the employment, provided that the member of the Employees' Retirement System 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, has not received credit for the same prior service under any retirement system other than the federal Social Security program, and provided further, that the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in Section 36-27-71. (Acts 1990, No. 90-548, p. 853, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-780, p. 1420, §1; Act 2001-1101, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1162, §1; Act 2018-404, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-72 (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 3 - Reopening for Employees of Cities, Counties, or Political Subdivisions.|Section 36-27-72 - Disqualification of Credit.

Section 36-27-72Disqualification of credit. Anything in this division to the contrary notwithstanding, a member of the Employees' Retirement System shall not receive credit for such service where at the time of retirement he has credit or is entitled to any benefits whatsoever for the same service under any other retirement or pension plan which is wholly or partly funded from public funds; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to apply to participation in the federal Social Security program. In the event of disqualification of such service credit, contributions made under this division by the member shall be refunded to him. (Acts 1990, No. 90-548, p. 853, §3.)