Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-25-2 - Name and Date of Establishment; Powers, Duties, etc., of Boards of 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 this chapter for teachers of the State of Alabama. The retirement system shall be established as of October 1, 1940, or as soon thereafter as the Governor by proclamation declares the funds accruing to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama are sufficient to meet the obligations of the "normal contribution" on October 1, of a year following 1940. It shall have the power and privileges of a corporation and shall be known as the "Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama," and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the purpose for which received.
(b) Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Boards of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall have vested in them all powers necessary to fulfill their fiduciary duty as trustees to members of each respective system including the power to sue and be sued, complain and defend in their own names; provided, however, that as instrumentalities of the state funded by the state, the retirement systems, their officers, and employees shall be immune from suit to the same extent as the state, its agencies, officers, and employees.

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Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 16 - Education.

Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 16-25-1 - Definitions.

Section 16-25-2 - Name and Date of Establishment; Powers, Duties, etc., of Boards of Control; Immunity of Officers, Employees, Etc.

Section 16-25-3 - Membership; Membership Credit for Service in Armed Forces of United States; Deferred Benefits.

Section 16-25-3.1 - Purchase of Credit for Service by Members Age 61 or Older at Time of Employment.

Section 16-25-4 - Transfer of Membership From the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama Generally.

Section 16-25-5 - Transfer of Membership in Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, etc., of Janitors, Maids, Cafeteria Workers and Other Full-Time Employees in Public Education.

Section 16-25-6 - Employees of Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University.

Section 16-25-7 - Certain Persons Employed by Alabama High School Athletic Association.

Section 16-25-8 - School Lunchroom Managers and Assistants.

Section 16-25-9 - Certain School Bus Drivers, Mechanics and Maintenance Workers - Generally.

Section 16-25-10 - Certain School Bus Drivers, Mechanics and Maintenance Workers - Persons Previously Under Employees' Retirement System of Alabama.

Section 16-25-10.1 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Association of School Boards.

Section 16-25-10.2 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision.

Section 16-25-10.3 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Vocational Association.

Section 16-25-10.4 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers; Contributions; Creditable Service.

Section 16-25-10.5 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Opportunities Industrialization Center; Contributions; Creditable Service.

Section 16-25-10.6 - Elected Superintendent of Education; Cost of Coverage; Purchase of Prior Service Credit.

Section 16-25-10.7 - Officers and Employees of Community Action Agencies; Contributions; Creditable Service.

Section 16-25-10.8 - Officers and Employees of Developing Alabama Youth Foundation; Contributions; Creditable Service.

Section 16-25-10.9 - Officers and Employees of Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center, inc.; Contributions; Creditable Service.

Section 16-25-10.10 - Officers and Employees of the American Federation of Teachers in Alabama; Contributions; Creditable Service.

Section 16-25-10.11 - Officers and Employees of School Superintendents of Alabama.

Section 16-25-10.12 - Officers and Employees of Alabama Higher Education Partnership, inc.; Contributions; Creditable Service.

Section 16-25-11 - Creditable Service.

Section 16-25-11.1 - Conversion of Unused Sick Leave Into Creditable Service in Retirement System.

Section 16-25-11.2 - Purchase of Credit for Legislative Service; Option to Be Exercised and Paid for by October 1, 1988.

Section 16-25-11.3 - Purchase of Credit by Employees of Junior Colleges and Technical Colleges for Leave of Absence.

Section 16-25-11.4 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service Rendered as Full-Time Employee in Office of Clerk of Circuit Court or With Alabama State Employees Association.

Section 16-25-11.5 - Purchase of Credit for Employment in Support Personnel Position.

Section 16-25-11.6 - Purchase of Credit for Employment With School Operated by Department of Defense.

Section 16-25-11.7 - Purchase of Credit by Certain Members Employed as Teachers in State Public Schools Regardless of Manner in Which Salary Was Paid or Source Thereof.

Section 16-25-11.8 - Purchase of Credit for Time on Leave From Service Without Pay Due to Adoption Requirements.

Section 16-25-11.9 - Purchase of Credit for Employment as Court Reporters, School Support Personnel, or Local Mental Health Authority Workers.

Section 16-25-11.10 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service Rendered to Employer Who May Join System Pursuant to Section 16-25-10.7 but Has Not Elected to Participate.

Section 16-25-11.11 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Alabama State Council on the Arts.

Section 16-25-11.12 - Purchase of Service Credit for Time on Maternity Leave.

Section 16-25-11.13 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With the Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University.

Section 16-25-11.14 - Purchase of Credit for Service Rendered to Authorized Employer.

Section 16-25-11.15 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Eligible Employer Under Employees' Retirement System.

Section 16-25-11.16 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service to Southeastern Educational Laboratory Program.

Section 16-25-11.17 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Department of Industrial Relations.

Section 16-25-11.18 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With United States Civil Service.

Section 16-25-11.19 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Federal Bureau of Mines.

Section 16-25-11.20 - Purchase of Credit for Time on Medical Leave or Full-Time Employment With Legislature, Etc.

Section 16-25-11.21 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service to Certain Institutions of Higher Education.

Section 16-25-12 - Prior Service Credit for Military Service During World War I.

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 16-25-13.1 - Purchase of Credit for Service at Athens State University and State Junior Colleges; Procedure.

Section 16-25-13.2 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service at Walker College.

Section 16-25-13.3 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service in Particular Nursing Program at Walker College.

Section 16-25-14 - Retirement of Members; Benefits Generally.

Section 16-25-15 - Increase in Benefits - Ten Percent.

Section 16-25-16 - Increase in Benefits - Additional Five Percent.

Section 16-25-17 - Increase in Benefits - Cost-of- Living Increase for Certain Persons.

Section 16-25-18 - Redetermination of Allowances of Certain Retired Members.

Section 16-25-19 - Administration.

Section 16-25-20 - Management of Funds.

Section 16-25-21 - Method of Financing.

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 16-25-23 - Exemptions From Execution; Recovery Actions.

Section 16-25-24 - False Statements; Correction of Errors.

Section 16-25-25 - Limitation on Membership.

Section 16-25-26 - Performance of Duties by Retired Persons; Service in Elected Public Office.

Section 16-25-26.1 - Election by University President to Resume Participation.

Section 16-25-27 - Admissibility in Evidence of Photo-Reproduced Copies of Records or Documents Maintained by System.

Section 16-25-28 - Proposed Legislation Affecting System to Be Accompanied by Actuarial Estimate of Cost.

Section 16-25-29 - For Prior Service for Employment While Student at Public Institution of Higher Learning.

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 16-25-31 - Effective Date of Benefits; Additional Costs of Benefits; Employer Agreeing to Come Under Provisions.

Section 16-25-32 - Admission of Employees and Members of State Employees' Association, the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association and the State Credit Union Into Teachers' Retirement System.

Section 16-25-33 - Term Life Insurance Fund; Payment of Benefits; Funding.

Section 16-25-34 - Compliance With Qualification Standards.