Title 16 — Title 16

For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama as defined in Section 16-25-2. (2) PUBLIC SCHOOL. A…

Persons Previously Under Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama. (a) All employees of city and county boards of education and special schools under the direct control of the State Board of Education now covered in the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions …

Boards. (a) The governing body of the Alabama Association of School Boards may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, elect to have its executive officers and employees, from whatever source an…

Alabama; Contributions; Creditable Service. (a) The governing body of any local union or state organization of the American Federation of Teachers may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, ele…

(a) The governing body of the School Superintendents of Alabama, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, may elect to have its executive officers and employees, from whatever source and in whatev…

Contributions; Creditable Service. (a) The governing body of the Alabama Higher Education Partnership, Inc., by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, may elect to have its officers and employees, …

Administration and Supervision. (a) The governing body of the Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, elect to have its executive of…

(a) The governing body of the Alabama Vocational Association may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, elect to have its executive officers and employees, from whatever source and in whatever …

Teachers; Contributions; Creditable Service. (a) The governing board of the Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, elect to have its executive offic…

Industrialization Center; Contributions; Creditable Service. (a) The governing board of the Alabama Opportunities Industrialization Center may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, elect to ha…

Prior Service Credit. Any person now serving as an elected superintendent of education in this state may become a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama within 90 days after the ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama 1901 allowing elected superi…

Creditable Service. (a) Any governing body of any community action agency organized pursuant to Sections 11-80-4.1, 11-96-3 or 11-96-6 may by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System elect to have its…

Contributions; Creditable Service. (a) The governing body of the Developing Alabama Youth Foundation may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System, elect to have its executive officers and full-tim…

Contributions; Creditable Service. (a) This section shall apply only to the employees and executive staff members of the Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center, Inc., who were active and contributing members of the Teachers’ Retirement System on August 1, 1994 through John C. Cal…

Beneficiaries of Teachers’ Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 1994, there is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1994, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, and to…

Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 1994, there is provided to certain persons identified in subsection (b) of this section who are currently receiving benefits, whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1994, for purposes of receiving benefits from the …

The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Sections 16-25-100 and 16-25-101 for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the retiree. History: (Acts 1994, No. 94-591, p. 1092, §3.)

The Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System shall determine annually the amount to pay the cost of the benefits provided in this article and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer the percentum rate of earnable compensation required to be paid to the r…

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…

This article is supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to certain retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System and certain retired members of the Employees’ Retirement System. Notwi…

(a) Under such rules and regulations as the Board of Control shall adopt, each person who was a teacher prior to October 1, 1940, and who under the provisions of this chapter makes up contributions plus eight percent compound interest on such contributions for the time said teach…

System. Teachers, as defined in subdivision (3) of Section 16-25-1 or subsection (d) of Section 16-25-5, as amended may use their accrued sick leave, up to a maximum number of accrued sick leave days allowed by law, to be included as membership service in determining the total ye…

Join System Pursuant to Section 16-25-10.7 but Has Not Elected to Participate. (a) Active and contributing members of the Teachers’ Retirement System may claim and purchase service credit in the system not to exceed eight years for any period of prior service while they were full…

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 h…

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-424 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. (a) Any provision of this chapter, to the contrary notwithstanding, active and contributing members of the Teachers’ Retireme…

Service at Auburn University. Terminated. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-637, p. 1163, §1; Act 2001-1101, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1162, §1.)

(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 …

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’ Retir…

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…

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 w…

(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…

(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 …

Paid for by October 1, 1988. (a) Whenever used in this section, all words and phrases defined in Section 36-27- 1, shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in such section, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended. (b) Any active and contribu…

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 …

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 r…

Colleges for Leave of Absence. (a) All employees of state junior colleges and state technical colleges who have been in such service for five years or more and who are participating in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama on May 4, 1989, may elect to purchase credit for any…

in Office of Clerk of Circuit Court or with Alabama State Employees Association. (a) Any acting and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama may elect to purchase credit for prior service rendered as a full-time employee in the office of a clerk of the ci…

(a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama shall be eligible to receive up to five years of creditable service for employment in a support personnel position in the State of Alabama, if the member claiming the credit has not less than 10 …

Department of Defense. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama who was a regular employee of a school operated by the Department of Defense of the United States of America and is now covered by the Teachers’ Retirement System shall be …

Public Schools Regardless of Manner in Which Salary Was Paid or Source Thereof. (a) Any person who on October 1, 1990 was a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System who was employed in a public school in Alabama shall be entitled to receive credit for all service rendered in suc…

Adoption Requirements. (a) Any provisions of Chapter 25 of this title, 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 that they were requir…

Personnel, or Local Mental Health Authority Workers. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama who, prior to October 1, 1993, was a regular full-time employee as an official court reporter with a circuit court in the state or a full-time…

Beneficiaries of Teachers’ Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 1996, there is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1996, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, and to…

Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 1996, there is provided to certain persons identified in subsection (b) of this section who are currently receiving benefits, whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1996, for purposes of receiving benefits from the …

The cost-of-living increase granted to certain retired persons under the Teachers’ Retirement System by this article may be financed, if possible, from existing funds of the Teachers’ Retirement System subject to the following provisions and conditions: (1) If the actuary for the…

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…

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 receiv…

Beneficiaries of Teachers’ Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 1998, there is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1998, for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased me…

Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 1998, there is provided to certain persons identified in subsection (b) who are currently receiving benefits, whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1998, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retir…

The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Sections 16-25-120 and 16-25-121 for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the retiree. History: (Act 98-355, p. 623, §3.)