Title 16

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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) 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) 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 per…

(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) 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 p…

(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) 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 this chapter for teachers of the State of Alabama…

(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 bonds,…

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…

(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 the…

(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…

(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 or her …

(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…

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 pu…

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.)

(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 fo…

(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 teacher on the date of establish…

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 subsequent to July 1,…

(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 Alabam…

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 following certification by the syste…

(a) The governing body of the Alabama State Employees’ Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association and the State Employees’ Credit Union may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement Sys…

(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…

(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 service credits in…

(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 whether such institution is under the control and supervision of the State Department of Educatio…

(a) All persons now employed in an administrative or research capacity by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University may become members of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama; provided, that such person elects to accept the benefits of this chapter within six…

(a) All persons now employed on a full-time basis in an administrative or clerical capacity by the Alabama High School Athletic Association may become members of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama within 90 days after October 1, 1967, subject to such rules and regulations…

(a) All school lunchroom managers and all assistants to such managers who are employed by any county or city board of education in the operation or management of a lunchroom in any public school in Alabama, regardless of the source from which and the manner in which their salarie…

(a) All fully budgeted school bus drivers (excluding students), mechanics and maintenance workers not now covered by the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama or Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, who are employed by any county or city board of education or the governing b…

When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person covered by the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan pursuant to Section 16-25A-11 or person who is…

Any benefits payable under the plan adopted may be paid either directly to the attending physician, hospital, medical group or other furnishing the service upon which the claim is based or to the insured employee upon presentation of valid bills for such services; subject to such…

Any board, agency, organization, or association which participates in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama, but whose employees are not included in the definition of employee in Section 16-25A-1 may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the board …

(a) Any board of education, institution, or other employer with employees as defined by Section 16-25A-1, may, upon a majority vote of its employees, elect not to participate in the basic medical plan authorized by the provisions of this article; provided, however, that for any f…

All insurance companies presently providing hospital indemnity coverage, cancer insurance and dental coverage as supplemental coverage for the employees of any board of education, institution, or other employer as defined in Section 16-25A-1 at July 14, 1983, shall have access to…

The Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be required for the effective administration of the provisions of this article. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §15.)

Once the Legislature has fully funded the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Program, the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board and the State Employees’ Health Insurance Board shall coordinate and equalize benefits so that both groups shall be insured and f…

(a)(1) Any premiums paid to the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board for active employees shall include an amount to partially fund the cost of coverage for retired employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the plan becomes fully funded pursuant to this article, …

The board shall provide assistance to low income employees and retirees who meet the federal poverty levels defined in this section, effective October 1, 2005, and for each fiscal year thereafter. (1) For employees and retirees who contribute to the cost of their health insurance…