(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 board of any public school in Alabama regardless of the source from which and the manner in which their salaries are paid, may become members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama; provided, that such persons elect within six months after October 2, 1971, to accept the benefits of this chapter. Such persons may signify their desire to become members of the Teachers' Retirement System by enrolling through their employer and the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System within said six months' period. Any person hereafter employed in these positions shall be deemed to be a "teacher" within the meaning of such word in the Teachers' Retirement System law and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof; except, that those employees who become members under this section shall not be entitled to $72.00 multiplied by the number of years of creditable service for service retirement nor $54.00 multiplied by the number of years for disability retirement.
(b) Any person presently employed in the capacity as set out in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive credit for all service in such capacity rendered by him prior to October 2, 1971; provided, that such person pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System within six months from October 2, 1971, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of such employment from September 1, 1941 to October 2, 1971.
(c) The several county and city boards of education and other governing bodies of any public schools employing school bus drivers, mechanics, and maintenance workers in the public schools under their separate jurisdiction are hereby authorized and directed to provide for the deductions from the salaries of such persons or for the collection in some other manner of each of such employee contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System as prescribed by law or regulations of the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-25-1 - Definitions.
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 16-25-6 - 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 16-25-10.1 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Association of School Boards.
Section 16-25-10.3 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Vocational Association.
Section 16-25-10.11 - Officers and Employees of School Superintendents of Alabama.
Section 16-25-11 - Creditable Service.
Section 16-25-11.1 - Conversion of Unused Sick Leave Into Creditable Service in Retirement System.
Section 16-25-11.5 - Purchase of Credit for Employment in Support Personnel Position.
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 16-25-11.14 - Purchase of Credit for Service Rendered to Authorized Employer.
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 16-25-12 - Prior Service Credit for Military Service During World War I.
Section 16-25-13.2 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service 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 16-25-23 - 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 16-25-33 - Term Life Insurance Fund; Payment of Benefits; Funding.