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AL Code § 16-25-11.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-11.16 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service to Southeastern Educational Laboratory Program.

Section 16-25-11.16 Purchase of credit for prior service to Southeastern Educational Laboratory Program. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System may claim and purchase service credit in the system not to exceed two years for prior service as a full-time employee of the Southeastern Educational Laboratory Program for the period of time between September 1, 1967, and March 31, 1969. The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). No member shall receive credit for any service 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, within one year from October 1, 2002, for the claimed service, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system's actuary. (Act 99-576, p. 1302, §1; Act 2002-504, p. 1305, §1.)
AL Code § 16-25-11.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-11.17 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Department of Industrial Relations.

Section 16-25-11.17Purchase of credit for prior service with Department of Industrial Relations. (a) An active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System who has 10 years of creditable service in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama may purchase up to four years service credit in the system for prior service rendered as a full-time employee with the Department of Industrial Relations under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act between October 1974 and November 1978. (b) Any member eligible to claim and purchase credit for service under subsection (a) shall be awarded such credit under the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama provided that he or she pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System, prior to the earlier of the member's date of retirement or October 1, 2001, a lump sum equal to 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 Teachers' 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 2000-276, p. 439, §1.)
AL Code § 16-25-11.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-11.18 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With United States Civil Service.

Section 16-25-11.18Purchase of credit for prior service with United States Civil Service.  (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement System may elect to purchase prior service credit in the system for employment that the member had with the United States Civil Service at any military base of the United States or as a graduate teaching assistant or graduate research assistant at any public college or university in Alabama, if the employment service occurred prior to January 1, 1976, and if the member complies with the conditions prescribed in subsection (b). (b) Any member eligible to claim and purchase the service credit pursuant to subsection (a) shall be awarded creditable service with the Teachers' Retirement System or Employees' Retirement System on the basis of one twelfth of a year for each month or portion of month of employment service only if the member pays into the retirement system or fund prior to the date of retirement of the member and prior to October 1, 2000, a sum equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year, or portion thereof, of service credit, as determined by the system's actuary. (c) Proof of service and time of service shall be made by the member by affidavit with any supporting letter or other documentation submitted to the Teachers' Retirement System or Employees' Retirement System and, upon receipt thereof, the system shall promptly calculate the necessary contributions of the member and advise the member thereof. Upon timely payment by the member, the service credit shall be allowed the member. (d) The provisions of this section shall terminate on October 1, 2000, and no person shall be eligible to utilize the options granted if not fully exercised and paid prior to such date. (Act 2000-276, p. 439, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25-11.19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-11.19 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Federal Bureau of Mines.

Section 16-25-11.19Purchase of credit for prior service with Federal Bureau of Mines. (a) Any active, vested, and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System may claim and purchase service credit in the system not to exceed 8 years for prior service as a full-time employee of the Federal Bureau of Mines. The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). No member shall receive credit for any service 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, within one year from August 1, 2000, for the claimed service, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system's actuary. (Act 2000-325, p. 521, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-25-11.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-11.20 - Purchase of Credit for Time on Medical Leave or Full-Time Employment With Legislature, Etc.

Section 16-25-11.20Purchase of credit for time on medical leave or full-time employment with Legislature, etc. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System may claim and purchase service credit in the system for any prior service described and limited as follows: (1) Not more than one year for time spent on medical leave approved by the state or local employer. (2) Not more than 10 years for full-time employment with the Alabama Legislature. (3) Not more than four years for full-time employment with a subsidiary affiliate organization of an employer which has continually participated in the system since its inception.  (b) The purchase of any prior service credit under subsection (a) may occur at any time prior to the member's date of retirement. The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (c). 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 pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system for the claimed service, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system's actuary. (Act 2002-409, p. 1030, §1.)
AL Code § 16-25-11.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-11.21 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service to Certain Institutions of Higher Education.

Section 16-25-11.21Purchase of credit for prior service to certain institutions of higher education. (a) Any active, vested, and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System who has been employed in public education for a minimum of 10 years may claim and purchase service credit in the system not to exceed five years for prior service between 1974 and 1989 rendered to an educational institution of higher education that receives direct appropriations from the Education Trust Fund but does not participate in the Teachers' Retirement System. The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). No member shall receive credit for any service for which the member is already credited within the system or any public retirement plan, with the exception 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, within one year from October 1, 2009, for the claimed service, 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 this section shall not be considered in determining the out-of-pocket premium amount charged to retirees under 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 this section. (Act 2009-643, p. 1982, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-25-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-12 - Prior Service Credit for Military Service During World War I.

Section 16-25-12Prior service credit for military service during World War I. Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who is now entitled to receive credit for prior service and whose service as a teacher, as defined in Section 16-25-1, was interrupted by service in the armed forces of the United States during World War I shall be eligible to receive prior service credit for such military service; provided, that such member submits proof under such rules and regulations as the Board of Control shall adopt to show: (1) That he was employed as a teacher prior to April 1, 1917; (2) That he entered directly into the armed forces of the United States from such teaching service; and (3) That he returned to teaching service in the public schools of Alabama within one year following an honorable discharge from the armed forces. (Acts 1951, No. 524, p. 913, § 1.)
AL Code § 16-25-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-13 - Credit for Service as Elected Official of State or Department Head; Payment of Employee's Contribution; Applicability of Provisions of Section.

Section 16-25-13Credit for service as elected official of state or department head; payment of employee's contribution; applicability of provisions of section. (a) Any person who, as of September 5, 1973, is presently covered or is eligible to be covered under the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and who, prior to such coverage or eligibility for coverage, served as an elective official of the state government or a department head authorized to exercise sovereign power of the state shall have credited to him one year of creditable service for each year served as such elected official or department head, not to exceed eight years; provided, that such person shall pay into the retirement system the employee's part of the cost or contribution based on the salary paid to such person during the time of his service as an elected official or department head, with such cost or contribution to be calculated at the percent or rate in effect on September 5, 1973. (b) This section shall apply only to those persons who, at the time of their retirement, have sufficient creditable years of service under the Teachers' Retirement System to equal 10 years inclusive of the years earned as an elected official or department head. (c) The employee's contribution for the years of service as an elected official or department head shall be paid by such employee within 60 days after he shall have completed the necessary years of employment as set out in subsection (b) of this section; except, that should said employee have completed the necessary years of service as set out in subsection (b) of this section, he then shall pay said contribution within 60 days after September 5, 1973. (Acts 1973, No. 817, p. 1282, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 16-25-13.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-13.1 - Purchase of Credit for Service at Athens State University and State Junior Colleges; Procedure.

Section 16-25-13.1Purchase of credit for service at Athens State University and state junior colleges; procedure. (a) All employees of state junior colleges and Athens State University who are participating in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama on July 22, 1987, may elect to purchase credit for their total years of service rendered to such employer prior to the time said employer was covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, up to a maximum of five years. (b) Any employee electing to purchase credit pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer within one year after October 1, 1987, a lump sum payment equal to a percentage of his or her then earnable compensation; the applicable percentage shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions as required by the actuarial valuations during the years for which such person is purchasing prior service credit. (Acts 1987, No. 87-564, p. 881, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-25-13.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-13.2 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service at Walker College.

Section 16-25-13.2Purchase of credit for prior service at Walker College. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, who prior to July 31, 1995, was a regular employee of Walker College, may claim and purchase prior service credit, not to exceed five years, for that prior service. Contributing members have one year from July 31, 1995, to make a lump sum payment in order to gain credit for up to five years of eligible service at Walker College. (b) Any person eligible under subsection (a) to claim and purchase credit for prior service shall be awarded credit for the service under the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama if he or she complies with each of the following requirements: (1) The person provides certification to the Teachers' Retirement System no later than 60 days before the date of his or her retirement, as to the time of service and salary for each period of claimed service. The certification shall be made by the employing institution from official employment records. (2) The person, prior to the date of his or her retirement and within the one year limit, pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama for each year of prior service credit claimed, a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or final average salary, whichever is greater, for each year of service credit purchased; the applicable percentage of the compensation or salary shall be the sum of the prevailing rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation. (Acts 1995, No. 95-519, p. 1054, §1.)
AL Code § 16-25-13.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-13.3 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service in Particular Nursing Program at Walker College.

Section 16-25-13.3Purchase of credit for prior service in particular nursing program at Walker College.  (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System may claim and purchase credit in the system not to exceed seven years for prior service as a director of nursing in a nursing program at Walker College between January 1, 1981, and December 31, 1987, while the program was conducted jointly at the time between Walker College and Walker State Technical College. The certification of prior service claimed under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the Teachers' Retirement System. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). No member shall receive credit for any service that the member is already credited within 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, within one year from April 26, 2002, for the claimed service, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system's actuary. (Act 2002-504, p. 1305, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-15 - Increase in Benefits - Ten Percent.

Section 16-25-15Increase in benefits - Ten percent. (a) On or after October 1, 1969, there is hereby provided to any teacher who was receiving a retirement allowance from the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and who was retired prior to October 1, 1969, an increase in his or her maximum retirement allowance in the amount of 10 percent, excluding those whose monthly retirement allowance is as much as $400.00 and that such increase shall be limited so as to provide not to exceed a maximum retirement allowance of $400.00 per month. (b) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall administer all the benefits provided by this section under such rules and regulations as the said Board of Control may adopt not inconsistent herewith. (c) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the benefits provided in this section and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer the percentum rate of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama shall pay on account of the increases provided in this section in the same manner and from the same source of funds as is provided in Section 16-25-21, it being the intent of the Legislature that the costs of providing the increases provided in this section shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 23, p. 54, §§1-3; Acts 1995, No. 95-538, p. 1100, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-16 - Increase in Benefits - Additional Five Percent.

Section 16-25-16Increase in benefits - Additional five percent. (a) On or after October 1, 1971, there is hereby provided to any teacher who was receiving an increased retirement allowance under the provisions of Section 16-25-15 an increase in his or her retirement allowance by an amount of up to five percent, excluding that part of five percent provided by any other legislation in 1971; and in addition thereto, to any teacher who has retired since October 1, 1969 to September 30, 1971, inclusive, and who was receiving a retirement allowance, an increase in his or her retirement allowance by an amount of up to five percent, excluding that part of five percent provided by any other legislation in 1971. (b) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall administer all the benefits provided by this section under such rules and regulations as the said Board of Control may adopt, not inconsistent herewith. (c) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the benefits provided in this section and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer the percentum rate of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama shall pay on account of the increases provided in this section in the same manner and from the same source of funds as is provided in Section 16-25-21, it being the intent of the Legislature that the costs of providing the increases provided in this section shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (Acts 1971, No. 2289, p. 3690, §§1-3; Acts 1995, No. 95-538, p. 1100, §3.)
AL Code § 16-25-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25-17 - Increase in Benefits - Cost-of- Living Increase for Certain Persons.

Section 16-25-17Increase in benefits - Cost-of- living increase for certain persons. (a) There is hereby created a cost-of-living increase, not to exceed 15 percent in any case, which shall be applied to the benefit of any retired teacher or any teacher who retires after October 1, 1975, whose retirement benefit, when calculated upon the 2.0125 percent factor, does not result in a benefit increase of 15 percent as compared to the benefit to which such retired member was entitled to receive prior to the implementation of the 2.0125 percent formula factor provided for in Section 16-25-14 and this section. (b) Any person described in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive an amount which, when added to the benefit he is entitled to receive after the implementation of the 2.0125 percent formula factor, shall be sufficient to equal an increase of 15 percent above the benefit which such person was entitled to receive prior to the implementation of the 2.0125 percent formula factor provided for in Section 16-25-14 and this section. (c) Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, if, as of October 1, 1975, the minimum guaranteed annual pension payable to any person who became a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama prior to October 1, 1971, shall not be less than an amount which when added to his annuity is equal to $120.00 multiplied by the number of years of the member's creditable service not in excess of 25 years, in the case of service retirements, and $90.00 multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service not in excess of 25 years, in the case of disability retirements, then such minimum guaranteed annual pension shall be deemed to be the benefit such member was entitled to receive prior to the implementation of the 2.0125 percent formula factor provided for in Section 16-25-14 and this section. (Acts 1975, No. 1107, p. 2193, §§1-3.)