Title 16 — Title 16

Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid Program and whose eligibility for the benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under t…

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,…

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 t…

(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…

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 …

(a)(1) Any Tier I plan member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 60 and any Tier II plan member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 62, or in the case of a Tier II plan member who is a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforc…

(a) Commencing October 1, 2000, there is provided an increase in benefits to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2000, for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased…

(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 …

(a) As governed by this subsection, there exists as a part of this retirement system an optional account known as the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, which may be cited as “DROP.” The purpose of DROP is to allow, contractually, in lieu of immediate withdrawal from service and re…

(a) On withdrawing from service pursuant to Section 16-25-14, a member who participated in DROP: (1) Who fulfilled his or her contractual obligation pursuant to DROP shall receive a lump-sum payment from his or her DROP account equal to the payments made to that account on his or…

At no time shall any provision or implementation of such provision pertaining to DROP be contrary to the rules and regulations of the federal law governing governmental plans. DROP is intended to operate in accordance with Section 415 and other applicable sections of the United S…

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article or any other laws to the contrary, no employer whose employees are covered under the Teachers’ Retirement System shall offer any incentives of value including, but not limited to, monetary payments, prepayment of health ins…

Any member of the Teachers’ Retirement System who has participated in DROP and withdraws from service under Section 16-25-151 is not eligible to be restored to active service pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 16-25-14 or subsection (f) of Section 36-27-12. Rather, the employe…

(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 pe…

(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, do…

(a) Commencing October 1, 2002, there is provided an increase in benefits to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2001, for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased…

(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 …

(a) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of this chapter are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known as the Board of Control and shall be organized immediately aft…

(a) Commencing October 1, 2005, there is provided an increase in benefits to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2004, for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased…

Control; Immunity of Officers, Employees, Etc. (a) There shall be a retirement system which shall constitute a body corporate and shall be under the management of the Board of Control for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of th…

(a)(1) The Board of Control shall be the trustees of the several funds of the Teachers’ Retirement System created by this chapter as provided in Section 16-25- 21, and shall have full power to invest and reinvest the funds, through its Secretary- Treasurer, in the classes of bond…

(a) Commencing October 1, 2006, there is provided a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the amount of seven percent of the current gross benefit, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement w…

Effective October 1, 1997, all the assets of the retirement system shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held among three funds, namely: The Annuity Savings Fund, the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the Expense Fund. The operation of the former Pension Rese…

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 …

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of an individual 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 indiv…

(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 …

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 fo…

Office. (a) Any person who is retired under the Teachers’ Retirement System may perform duties in any capacity, including as an independent contractor, with any employer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement System without suspension of his…

(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’ Retirem…

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…

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. History: (Acts 1973, No. 1284, p. 2196, § 1.)

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 p…

States; Deferred Benefits. (a) The membership of the retirement system shall consist of the following: All persons who shall become teachers after the date of establishment shall become members of the retirement system as a condition of their employment. Any person who is a teach…

Employment. Any member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama who was prohibited from participating in the Teachers’ Retirement System because such member was age 61 or older at the time of his employment may purchase credit for any such service including service subsequen…

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…

Agreeing to Come Under Provisions. The benefits provided by Sections 16-25-14(a), 16-25-14(g), 36-27-16(a), 36-27- 16(c) and 36-27B-3, as amended by amendment of May 5, 1988, shall become effective to the Teachers’ and Employees’ Retirement System the first day of the month next …

Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association and the State Credit Union into Teachers’ Retirement System. (a) The governing body of the Alabama State Employees’ Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association and the State Employees’ Credit Union ma…

(a) A separate fund to be known as the Term Life Insurance Fund is hereby established within the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama. Such fund shall consist of all monies paid by the employers for term life insurance, and of the investment earnings of such monies and all such…

The Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama is authorized to implement any new accounting procedures, funds, or administrative changes and to provide for the payment of benefits to members or beneficiaries of the retirement system as may be necessary to ens…

(a) Commencing in the fiscal year that beginning October 1, 2026, no benefit increase provided to retirees and beneficiaries under the Teachers’ Retirement System shall be paid unless the increase is granted by separate legislative act conforming to this section. The separate leg…

Alabama Generally. (a) Any member of the Teachers’ Retirement System who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System, was a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama may elect to transfer to the Teachers’ Retirement System his…

Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost of Living Increases. There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988, to each person whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System is prior to October …

Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost-of-Living Increases - Additional Adjustments. In addition to the foregoing amount an additional cost-of-living adjustment is provided effective October 1, 1989 as follows: (1) One dollar per month for each year of ser…

Retirement Is Prior to October 1, 1987 or Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost-of-Living Increases. (a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988 to certain persons identified in subsection (b) herein, whose effective date of retirement for pu…

Retirement Is Prior to October 1, 1987 or Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost-of-Living Increases - Additional Adjustments. (a) In addition to the foregoing amount an additional cost-of-living adjustment is provided effective October 1, 1989 as follows:…

The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Section 16-25-40(3) for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of such retiree. History: (Acts 1988, No. 88-600, p. 932, §5.)

(a) There is hereby appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama $7,276,740 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1988, or such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section as it relates to the Teachers’ Retir…

by Cost-of-Living Increase. Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for such benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided herein shall not be entitled to receive said increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply…

Other Law. The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to the retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System and certain members of the Employees’ Retire…

Etc., of Janitors, Maids, Cafeteria Workers and Other Full-Time Employees in Public Education. (a) The phrase “public education,” as used in this section, shall be construed as meaning and referring to any institution of learning supported wholly by public funds, regardless of wh…