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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-11.11 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Alabama State Council on the Arts.

Section 16-25-11.11
Purchase of credit for prior service with Alabama State Council on the Arts.
(a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System may purchase credit in the Teachers' 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 Teachers' 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 equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of prior service purchased as determined by the system's actuary. Prior service may be purchased only in yearly increments of at least two years at a time.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-649, p. 1357, §1; Act 98-385, p. 732, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-11.12 - Purchase of Service Credit for Time on Maternity Leave.

Section 16-25-11.12
Purchase of service credit for time on maternity leave.
(a) Any provision of this chapter, to the contrary notwithstanding, active and contributing members of the Teachers' Retirement System may purchase service credit in the system not to exceed one year for any period of time while they were on maternity leave from service without pay. The Board of Control of the Teachers' 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 Teachers' 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 Teachers' Retirement System under subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system, prior to October 1, 2001, for the claimed service, a sum equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service credit purchased as determined by the system's actuary.
(c) Subsequent to October 1, 2001, 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.
(Acts 1996, No. 96-788, p. 1467, §§1, 2; Act 2000-452, p. 814, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-11.13 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With the Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University.

Section 16-25-11.13
Purchase of credit for prior service with the Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University.
Terminated.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-637, p. 1163, §1; Act 2001-1101, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1162, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-11.14 - Purchase of Credit for Service Rendered to Authorized Employer.

Section 16-25-11.14
Purchase of credit for service rendered to authorized employer.
(a) Active and contributing members of the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) or the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) may claim and purchase service credit in the system not to exceed eight years for any period of prior service while they were full-time employees of an employer who is authorized to join the TRS pursuant to Section 16-25-10.7, but has not elected to participate. The certification of any prior service claimed by the members under this section shall conform to applicable administrative rules and procedures of the TRS or ERS. Members shall receive credit for the prior service when they remit to the system the contributions required by subsection (b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member of the system 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 in the TRS or ERS under subsection (a) shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system, within one year from September 1, 1999, 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.
(Act 99-387, p. 614, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-11.15 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Eligible Employer Under Employees' Retirement System.

Section 16-25-11.15
Purchase of credit for prior service with eligible employer under Employees' Retirement System.
(a)(1) Any person who, as of July 1, 1990, is an officer or a regular employee of an employer participating in the Teachers' Retirement System and who has previously been employed by another employer eligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, shall be eligible to receive creditable service for each year of service previously rendered to another employer eligible for participation in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, for up to eight years of creditable service, provided, that the member claiming the credit shall have attained not less than 10 years of contributing membership service credit, exclusive of military service credit under the Teachers' Retirement System, and the member performs and complies with the condition prescribed in subdivision (2).
(2) A member of the Teachers' Retirement System eligible under subsection (a), 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 Teachers' Retirement System, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service purchased as determined by the system's actuary. Notwithstanding the foregoing language, no member of the Teacher's Retirement System shall be eligible to receive credit 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.
(b) The eligible employer defined in subsection (a) shall certify in writing to the Teachers' 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 eight years. In addition, the member is only eligible for a maximum of eight years of service credit under this section regardless of the total number of eligible employers and total years of service.
(Act 99-426, p. 758, §1.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 16-25-11.17
Purchase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-11.18
Purchase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-11.19
Purchase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-11.20
Purchase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-11.21
Purchase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-12
Prior 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.)
2023 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 16-25-13
Credit 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.)
2023 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 16-25-13.1
Purchase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-13.2
Purchase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-13.3
Purchase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-15
Increase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-16
Increase 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.)
2023 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 16-25-17
Increase 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-18 - Redetermination of Allowances of Certain Retired Members.

Section 16-25-18
Redetermination of allowances of certain retired members.
(a) Any member who retired prior to October 1, 1975 and who has served in the armed services, as described in Section 16-25-3, shall be entitled to claim such full-time military service and to have all retirement allowances due on or after October 1, 1975 redetermined as if the provisions of said section, as amended, were in effect at the time such member retired; provided, that such retired member pays into the Teachers' Retirement System, in a lump sum prior to October 1, 1976, an amount equal to four percent of the average compensation which was paid to a teacher during each claimed year of full-time military service, plus and together therewith, eight percent interest compounded from the last date of such claimed military service; provided further, that such retired member shall not receive membership service credit for more than four years of military service and shall receive no credit for military service if such member is receiving military service retirement benefits, other than disability allowances or benefits, from any branch of the armed forces or by reason of any such service in any branch of the armed forces or if such member received anything other than an honorable discharge for and including the claimed military service.
(b) Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, no retirement allowance payment shall be redetermined for any pay period prior to such retired member's full and complete compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Any increase provided in the retirement allowance payment under this section for a member who retired under the provisions of any optional benefit elected pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 16-25-14, as amended, or under any other law or part of law pertaining to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama shall accrue only to the retired member, and no person designated to receive any payments after the death of such retired member under the provisions of any such optional benefit shall receive any increase in such payments under this section.
(Acts 1975, No. 1109, p. 2200, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-22 - Purchase, Sale, etc., of Interests or Estates in Real Property; Establishment of Facilities and Procedures for Purchase of and Payment for Equipment, Etc.

Section 16-25-22
Purchase, sale, etc., of interests or estates in real property; establishment of facilities and procedures for purchase of and payment for equipment, etc.
(a) The Retirement Systems of Alabama, which consist of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, and the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama shall have within their corporate powers the right to purchase, sell and hold title, in their own name, to any interest or estate in real property. Such property shall be exempt from all state and local ad valorem taxes and shall not be subject to regulations or laws regarding the sale or lease of state property.
(b) The Retirement Systems of Alabama shall have within their corporate powers the right to establish, as is consistent with the intent and purpose of the competitive bid laws of the State of Alabama, such facilities and procedures for the making of purchases and for the payment of all equipment and expenses reasonably necessary to the operation of the Retirement Systems of Alabama.
(Acts 1975, No. 1106, p. 2185, §2; Act 98-385, p. 732, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-23 - Exemptions From Execution; Recovery Actions.

Section 16-25-23
Exemptions from execution; recovery actions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of a person to a pension; an annuity, or a retirement allowance; to the return of contributions; the pension, annuity or retirement allowance itself; any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter; and the monies in the various funds created by this chapter are hereby exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as in this chapter specifically otherwise provided.
(b)(1) Restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any other financial obligations in a criminal case ordered by a circuit or district court judge in this state are not subject to the exemption set out in subsection (a), provided all of the following are satisfied:
a. The amount of the restitution ordered is in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or greater.
b. The person subject to the order is a retiree or beneficiary who is currently receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System.
c. The case has been assigned to the district attorney's restitution recovery division.
(2) If the requirements of subdivision (1) are met, and upon motion filed by the district attorney, the circuit or district court judge may order that the Teachers' Retirement System pay to the circuit clerk of the court no more than 25 percent of the retiree's or beneficiary's gross monthly benefit less any deductions for child support or health insurance for any dependents, to be applied to the balance of the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial obligations ordered in the criminal case.
(3) An order under subdivision (2) shall set out all of the following:
a. The individual's name, date of birth, and Social Security number.
b. The amount of restitution ordered is in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or greater.
c. The amounts of restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any other financial obligations owed, detailed individually.
d. The relevant case numbers.
e. The county in which the case was brought.
f. The circuit clerk's name and mailing address.
g. That the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial obligations are payable as a result of a criminal disposition.
h. The amount or the percentage of funds to be paid.
(4) The district attorney shall notify the court whenever the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial obligations are paid in full. Thereafter, the court shall issue an order to stop the diversion of the individual's funds. Any payment received by the circuit clerk in an amount over what was owed shall be paid back to the Teachers' Retirement System within 60 days with the specific identifying information as to the retiree or the beneficiary to whom it is owed.
Acts 1939, No. 419, p. 559, §9; Code 1940, T. 52, §370; Act 2016-398, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-24 - False Statements; Correction of Errors.

Section 16-25-24
False statements; correction of errors.
(a) Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
(b) Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the Board of Control shall correct such error and as far as practicable shall adjust the payment in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.
(Acts 1939, No. 419, p. 559, § 10; Code 1940, T. 52, §371.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-25 - Limitation on Membership.

Section 16-25-25
Limitation on membership.
No other provision of law in any other statute which provides wholly or partly at the expense of the State of Alabama or of any political subdivision thereof for pensions or retirement benefits for teachers of the said state, except as may be provided by state and federal laws for coverage under the provisions of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance System of the Social Security Act, shall apply to members of the retirement system established by this chapter; provided, that if any member who filed an enrollment with the Board of Control on or before September 1, 1942, and who was certified to the Board of Control as an employee of a county board of education which had a statutory pension plan in effect on September 1, 1941, should receive upon retirement on or before July 1, 1950, a retirement allowance less than the pension which would have been provided for him under the local pension plan, then such member shall be eligible to receive a supplement to his retirement allowance payable from funds provided by said county board of education in an amount sufficient to make his total retirement allowance equal the amount which he would have received if he had been retired under the provisions of the local statute.
(Acts 1939, No. 419, p. 559, §11; Code 1940, T. 52, §372; Acts 1943, No. 61, p. 35, §8; Acts 1953, No. 41, p. 44, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-26.1 - Election by University President to Resume Participation.

Section 16-25-26.1
Election by university president to resume participation.
(a) Any person who is a retired teacher, and retired under the provisions of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, and who subsequent to said retirement becomes the acting President of the University of Alabama, may elect to resume his participation in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama.
(b) Should any person make such election as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, his retirement benefits shall cease and the reserves remaining for his pension and annuity and all his service credits shall be transferred to the appropriate funds and accounts maintained for active members. Upon restoration to active service the member shall receive full rights, privileges and benefits under the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama for his total years of service thereunder.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-786, p. 1378.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-27 - Admissibility in Evidence of Photo-Reproduced Copies of Records or Documents Maintained by System.

Section 16-25-27
Admissibility in evidence of photo-reproduced copies of records or documents maintained by system.
Official copies of records or documents maintained on microfilm, microfiche or other photo reproductive material of archival quality by the Teachers' Retirement System shall be admissible as primary evidence in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or action for the purpose of proving the truth of the contents of the photo-reproduced copies of such records or documents, regardless of any rule of evidence or law relating to the proof of such matters; provided, that the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement System of Alabama shall certify on such copies offered into evidence that the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama is not in possession of the original and that the copy is a true and correct representation of the original.
(Acts 1975, No. 1105, p. 2181, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-28 - Proposed Legislation Affecting System to Be Accompanied by Actuarial Estimate of Cost.

Section 16-25-28
Proposed legislation affecting system to be accompanied by actuarial estimate of cost.
All proposed legislation affecting the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama shall be accompanied by an actuarial estimate of the cost involved in such proposed legislation.
(Acts 1973, No. 1284, p. 2196, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-29 - For Prior Service for Employment While Student at Public Institution of Higher Learning.

Section 16-25-29
for prior service for employment while student at public institution of higher learning.
(a) No person who is an active and contributing member of or retired from the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and as a student was previously employed in a full-time position by a public educational institution of higher learning in Alabama may claim and purchase credit for such service unless the provisions of this section are complied with, and in no event after June 30, 1989, provided further, that no service as a student employee may be purchased unless such employment consisted of at least 20 hours of service per week.
(b) Any person eligible to claim and purchase credit for service as a full-time student employee shall be awarded credit for such service under the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama provided he or she shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) Such person shall provide certification to the Teachers' Retirement System on or before October 1, 1988, of the time of service and salary for each period of claimed service. Such certification shall be made by the employing institution from official employment records, provided that where such records are not available, certification by the employing institution of such unavailability together with verification of such service and salary by two disinterested persons, not related to the claimant, with personal knowledge of the claimant's service shall be accepted as proof of such service, and
(2) Such person shall on or before June 30, 1989, pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama a sum equal to the total contributions which he or she would have made as a member during the period of claimed service together with eight percent compounded interest through the date of payment.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-653, p. 1050, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-525, p. 1074, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-25-30 - Students in Primary or Secondary School and Persons Whose Employment Is Incidental to Status as Student at Public Institution of Higher Learning Ineligible to Participate.

Section 16-25-30
Students in primary or secondary school and persons whose employment is incidental to status as student at public institution of higher learning ineligible to participate.
(a) No person who is a student in a primary or secondary school shall be eligible to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama.
(b) No person employed on or after May 13, 1988, by an employer whose employees are covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and whose employment is incidental to such person's status as a student at a public educational institution of higher learning shall be eligible to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-653, p. 1050, §2.)