(a) Any member of the Employees' Retirement System who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the employees' retirement system, was a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama may elect to transfer to the Employees' Retirement System his service credits in said Teachers' Retirement System, as provided in this section.
(b) Any such member so desiring to transfer such service credits shall notify the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System after he becomes a member of the employees' retirement system of his election to transfer such service credits and shall authorize transfer of the amount of his accumulated contributions to his credit in said Teachers' Retirement System to the Annuity Savings Fund of the Employees' Retirement System.
(c) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall thereupon certify to the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System the period of membership service creditable to the member at the time of separation from the Teachers' Retirement System, the period of prior service, if any, on his prior service certificate at the time of separation from the Teachers' Retirement System and the value of the prior service contributions allowable for such prior service under the Teachers' Retirement System. The member shall be credited in the Employees' Retirement System with the service credits so certified and, if he continues as a member until retirement, he shall receive in addition to the benefits allowable under the Employees' Retirement System benefits based on the services and contributions so certified.
(d) If a member retires under the Employees' Retirement System within five years after having elected to transfer such service credits from said Teachers' Retirement System, the pension benefits payable with respect to such service credits shall not be greater than the pension benefits which would have been payable with respect thereto had he remained in said Teachers' Retirement System.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, a member of the Employees' Retirement System on October 9, 1947, who was a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the Employees' Retirement System, may effect such a transfer of service credits from said Teachers' Retirement System in the manner described in this section; provided, that he shall deposit in the Annuity Savings Fund of the Employees' Retirement System prior to January 1, 1954, the amount of his accumulated contributions paid to him by said Teachers' Retirement System.
(f) Should any person who has retired from the Teachers' Retirement System and who is receiving benefits for service as a teacher become a member of the Employees' Retirement System his benefits shall cease, and the reserves remaining for his pension and annuity and all his service credits shall be transferred to the Employees' Retirement System. The member shall be credited in the Employees' Retirement System with the transfers so certified, and if he continues as a member until retirement, his retirement benefits shall be based on his service in both systems.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.
Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-27-1 - Definitions.
Section 36-27-3 - Corporate Powers Generally.
Section 36-27-3.1 - Offset of Rate Increases.
Section 36-27-5.1 - Participation of Employees of Regional or Local Legislative Delegation Office.
Section 36-27-6.3 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service as Firefighter.
Section 36-27-8.1 - Optional Retirement for Previously Retired State Employees.
Section 36-27-8.2 - Performance of Duties by Retired Persons; Service in Elected Public Office.
Section 36-27-12 - Transfer of Service Credits, etc., From Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama.
Section 36-27-12.1 - Transfer of Service Credits, etc., From Judicial Retirement Fund.
Section 36-27-16 - Retirement, etc., of Employees; Retirement Allowances.
Section 36-27-16.1 - Cancellation of Survivor Allowance.
Section 36-27-17 - Redetermination of Allowances Due on or After October 1, 1975.
Section 36-27-18 - Retirement With Not Less Than 30 Years' Creditable Service.
Section 36-27-21.3 - Cost-of-Living Increases; Funding.
Section 36-27-23 - Board of Control; Medical Board, Actuary.
Section 36-27-25 - Funds for Assets of Retirement System - Management.
Section 36-27-28 - Exemption From Execution; Recovery Actions.
Section 36-27-31 - Compliance With Qualifications Standards.