Section 16-25-84 – Construction of Article.
Section 16-25-84 Construction of article. 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, those laws or parts of laws […]
Section 16-25-150 – Participation in Plan.
Section 16-25-150 Participation in plan. (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 receipt of a […]
Section 16-25-100 – Cost-of-Living Increase in Pension Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries of Teachers’ Retirement System.
Section 16-25-100 Cost-of-living increase in pension benefits to members and 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 certain beneficiaries of deceased […]
Section 16-25-151 – Withdrawal From Service; Death of Participant.
Section 16-25-151 Withdrawal from service; death of participant. (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 […]
Section 16-25-101 – Cost-of-Living Increase to Members and Beneficiaries of Employees’ Retirement System.
Section 16-25-101 Cost-of-living increase to members and beneficiaries of Employees’ 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 Employees’ Retirement […]
Section 16-25-152 – Relation to Federal Law.
Section 16-25-152 Relation to federal law. 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 States Internal Revenue Code. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Section 16-25-45 – Appropriations; Funding for Benefits.
Section 16-25-45 Appropriations; funding for benefits. (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’ Retirement System. (b) […]
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 […]