(a) Any acting and contributing member of either the Teachers' or the Employees' Retirement System may elect to purchase prior service credit for any full time employment he or she had in the Office of Agriculture Economics at Auburn University, provided such person complies with the following conditions prescribed in this section.
(b) Any member eligible to claim and purchase such credit for service under subsection (a) of this section shall be awarded creditable service under either the Teachers' or the Employees' Retirement System, as the case may be, provided he or she shall pay into his or her retirement system or fund, prior to said member's date of retirement and prior to October 1, 1991, a sum equal to a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation, or average final compensation, whichever is greater, for each year of service purchased; the applicable percentage of this current annual earnable compensation or average final salary, whichever is greater, shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation, for each year of service purchased.
(c) The provisions of this section to reopen the retirement system or fund shall terminate October 1, 1991, and no one shall be eligible to utilize any of the options granted herein if not fully exercised and paid prior to October 1, 1991.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.
Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.
Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-27-40 - Definitions.
Section 36-27-41 - Employees for Whom System Reopened; Payment of Contributions.
Section 36-27-42 - Credit for Prior Service - Generally.
Section 36-27-43 - Credit for Prior Service - School Bus Driver, Mechanic or Maintenance Worker.
Section 36-27-44 - Interest on Contributions.
Section 36-27-45 - Redetermination of Allowance Payments Due on or After October 1, 1975.
Section 36-27-46 - Employer Cost Continuing Liability.
Section 36-27-47 - Appropriations.
Section 36-27-48 - Purchase of Prior Service Credits by Certain Active Members; Termination Date.
Section 36-27-48.1 - Credit in System for Period of Service for Which Position Excluded.
Section 36-27-49 - Purchase of Credit for Active Military Service; Limitations; Termination Date.
Section 36-27-51 - Credit to Officer or Employee for Prior Service With Another Eligible Employer.
Section 36-27-51.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service by Member of City Retirement System.
Section 36-27-52 - Coverage for Official Court Reporters.
Section 36-27-54.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Alabama State Docks.
Section 36-27-55.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Section 36-27-55.2 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With State Economic Opportunity Office.
Section 36-27-55.3 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service as a Welcome Center Employee.
Section 36-27-55.6 - Participation of Directors and Employees of Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Section 36-27-56.1 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service as County Solicitor.
Section 36-27-57 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With District Attorney.
Section 36-27-58 - Purchase of Credit for Time on Maternity Leave.