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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-25-1 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, unless...
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...
Section 16-25-3 - Membership; Membership Credit for Service in Armed Forces of United States; Deferred Benefits. - (a) The membership of the retirement system shall consist of...
Section 16-25-3.1 - Purchase of Credit for Service by Members Age 61 or Older at Time of Employment. - Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama who...
Section 16-25-4 - Transfer of Membership From the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama Generally. - (a) Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who, not...
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. - (a) The phrase "public education," as used in this section,...
Section 16-25-6 - Employees of Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University. - (a) All persons now employed in an administrative or research...
Section 16-25-7 - Certain Persons Employed by Alabama High School Athletic Association. - (a) All persons now employed on a full-time basis in...
Section 16-25-8 - School Lunchroom Managers and Assistants. - (a) All school lunchroom managers and all assistants to such...
Section 16-25-9 - Certain School Bus Drivers, Mechanics and Maintenance Workers - Generally. - (a) All fully budgeted school bus drivers (excluding students), mechanics...
Section 16-25-10 - Certain School Bus Drivers, Mechanics and Maintenance Workers - Persons Previously Under Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. - (a) All employees of city and county boards of education...
Section 16-25-10.1 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Association of School Boards. - (a) The governing body of the Alabama Association of School...
Section 16-25-10.2 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision. - (a) The governing body of the Alabama Council for School...
Section 16-25-10.3 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Vocational Association. - (a) The governing body of the Alabama Vocational Association may,...
Section 16-25-10.4 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers; Contributions; Creditable Service. - (a) The governing board of the Alabama Congress of Parents...
Section 16-25-10.5 - Executive Officers and Employees of Alabama Opportunities Industrialization Center; Contributions; Creditable Service. - (a) The governing board of the Alabama Opportunities Industrialization Center...
Section 16-25-10.6 - Elected Superintendent of Education; Cost of Coverage; Purchase of Prior Service Credit. - Any person now serving as an elected superintendent of education...
Section 16-25-10.7 - Officers and Employees of Community Action Agencies; Contributions; Creditable Service. - (a) Any governing body of any community action agency organized...
Section 16-25-10.8 - Officers and Employees of Developing Alabama Youth Foundation; Contributions; Creditable Service. - (a) The governing body of the Developing Alabama Youth Foundation...
Section 16-25-10.9 - Officers and Employees of Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center, inc.; Contributions; Creditable Service. - (a) This section shall apply only to the employees and...
Section 16-25-10.10 - Officers and Employees of the American Federation of Teachers in Alabama; Contributions; Creditable Service. - (a) The governing body of any local union or state...
Section 16-25-10.11 - Officers and Employees of School Superintendents of Alabama. - (a) The governing body of the School Superintendents of Alabama,...
Section 16-25-10.12 - Officers and Employees of Alabama Higher Education Partnership, inc.; Contributions; Creditable Service. - (a) The governing body of the Alabama Higher Education Partnership,...
Section 16-25-11 - Creditable Service. - (a) Under such rules and regulations as the Board of...
Section 16-25-11.1 - Conversion of Unused Sick Leave Into Creditable Service in Retirement System. - Teachers, as defined in subdivision (3) of Section 16-25-1 or...
Section 16-25-11.2 - Purchase of Credit for Legislative Service; Option to Be Exercised and Paid for by October 1, 1988. - (a) Whenever used in this section, all words and phrases...
Section 16-25-11.3 - Purchase of Credit by Employees of Junior Colleges and Technical Colleges for Leave of Absence. - (a) All employees of state junior colleges and state technical...
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. - (a) Any acting and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-11.5 - Purchase of Credit for Employment in Support Personnel Position. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-11.6 - Purchase of Credit for Employment With School Operated by Department of Defense. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
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. - (a) Any person who on October 1, 1990 was a...
Section 16-25-11.8 - Purchase of Credit for Time on Leave From Service Without Pay Due to Adoption Requirements. - (a) Any provisions of Chapter 25 of this title, to...
Section 16-25-11.9 - Purchase of Credit for Employment as Court Reporters, School Support Personnel, or Local Mental Health Authority Workers. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
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. - (a) Active and contributing members of the Teachers' Retirement System...
Section 16-25-11.11 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Alabama State Council on the Arts. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-11.12 - Purchase of Service Credit for Time on Maternity Leave. - (a) Any provision of this chapter, to the contrary notwithstanding,...
Section 16-25-11.13 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With the Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University. - Terminated.
Section 16-25-11.14 - Purchase of Credit for Service Rendered to Authorized Employer. - (a) Active and contributing members of the Teachers' Retirement System...
Section 16-25-11.15 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Eligible Employer Under Employees' Retirement System. - (a)(1) Any person who, as of July 1, 1990, is...
Section 16-25-11.16 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service to Southeastern Educational Laboratory Program. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-11.17 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Department of Industrial Relations. - (a) An active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-11.18 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With United States Civil Service. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-11.19 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service With Federal Bureau of Mines. - (a) Any active, vested, and contributing member of the Teachers'...
Section 16-25-11.20 - Purchase of Credit for Time on Medical Leave or Full-Time Employment With Legislature, Etc. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-11.21 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service to Certain Institutions of Higher Education. - (a) Any active, vested, and contributing member of the Teachers'...
Section 16-25-12 - Prior Service Credit for Military Service During World War I. - Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who is now...
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...
Section 16-25-13.1 - Purchase of Credit for Service at Athens State University and State Junior Colleges; Procedure. - (a) All employees of state junior colleges and Athens State...
Section 16-25-13.2 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service at Walker College. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-13.3 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Service in Particular Nursing Program at Walker College. - (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-14 - Retirement of Members; Benefits Generally. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-184 AND ACT 2022-222...
Section 16-25-15 - Increase in Benefits - Ten Percent. - (a) On or after October 1, 1969, there is hereby...
Section 16-25-16 - Increase in Benefits - Additional Five Percent. - (a) On or after October 1, 1971, there is hereby...
Section 16-25-17 - Increase in Benefits - Cost-of- Living Increase for Certain Persons. - (a) There is hereby created a cost-of-living increase, not to...
Section 16-25-18 - Redetermination of Allowances of Certain Retired Members. - (a) Any member who retired prior to October 1, 1975...
Section 16-25-19 - Administration. - (a) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation...
Section 16-25-20 - Management of Funds. - (a) (1) The Board of Control shall be the trustees...
Section 16-25-21 - Method of Financing. - Effective October 1, 1997, all the assets of the retirement...
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. - (a) The Retirement Systems of Alabama, which consist of the...
Section 16-25-23 - Exemptions From Execution; Recovery Actions. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of...
Section 16-25-24 - False Statements; Correction of Errors. - (a) Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement...
Section 16-25-25 - Limitation on Membership. - No other provision of law in any other statute which...
Section 16-25-26 - Performance of Duties by Retired Persons; Service in Elected Public Office. - (a) Any person who is retired under the Teachers' Retirement...
Section 16-25-26.1 - Election by University President to Resume Participation. - (a) Any person who is a retired teacher, and retired...
Section 16-25-27 - Admissibility in Evidence of Photo-Reproduced Copies of Records or Documents Maintained by System. - Official copies of records or documents maintained on microfilm, microfiche...
Section 16-25-28 - Proposed Legislation Affecting System to Be Accompanied by Actuarial Estimate of Cost. - All proposed legislation affecting the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama...
Section 16-25-29 - For Prior Service for Employment While Student at Public Institution of Higher Learning. - (a) No person who is an active and contributing member...
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. - (a) No person who is a student in a primary...
Section 16-25-31 - Effective Date of Benefits; Additional Costs of Benefits; Employer Agreeing to Come Under Provisions. - The benefits provided by Sections 16-25-14(a), 16-25-14(g), 36-27-16(a), 36-27-16(c) and...
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. - (a) The governing body of the Alabama State Employees' Association,...
Section 16-25-33 - Term Life Insurance Fund; Payment of Benefits; Funding. - (a) A separate fund to be known as the Term...
Section 16-25-34 - Compliance With Qualification Standards. - The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System of...
Article 2 - Cost of Living Increase Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 1987.
Section 16-25-40 - Persons Whose Date of Retirement Is Prior to October 1, 1987 or Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost of Living Increases. - There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988, to each...
Section 16-25-41 - Persons Whose Date of Retirement Is Prior to October 1, 1987 or Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost-of-Living Increases - Additional Adjustments. - In addition to the foregoing amount an additional cost-of-living adjustment...
Section 16-25-42 - Persons in the Employees' Retirement System Whose Date of Retirement Is Prior to October 1, 1987 or Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost-of-Living Increases. - (a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988 to...
Section 16-25-43 - Persons in the Employees' Retirement System Whose Date of Retirement Is Prior to October 1, 1987 or Beneficiaries of Deceased Members or Retirees Entitled to Cost-of-Living Increases - Additional Adjustments. - (a) In addition to the foregoing amount an additional cost-of-living...
Section 16-25-44 - Adjustment of Survivor's Allowance. - The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Section...
Section 16-25-45 - Appropriations; Funding for Benefits. - (a) There is hereby appropriated from the Education Trust Fund...
Section 16-25-46 - Persons Whose Eligibility Under Medicaid Program Would Be Impaired by Cost-of-Living Increase. - Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and...
Section 16-25-47 - Provisions of Article Are Supplemental; Construed in Pari Materia With Other Law. - The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be...
Article 3 - Cost of Living Increase Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 1989.
Section 16-25-60 - Cost-of-Living Increase to Persons Retiring Before October 1, 1989. - There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1990 to each...
Section 16-25-61 - Cost-of-Living Increase to Certain Retirees Participating Under Section 36-27-6. - (a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1990, to...
Section 16-25-62 - Appropriation; Funding for Benefits. - (a) There is hereby appropriated from the Education Trust Fund...
Section 16-25-63 - Effect of Medicaid. - Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and...
Section 16-25-64 - Construction of Article. - The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be...
Article 4 - Cost of Living Increase Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 1992.
Section 16-25-80 - Cost-of-Living Increase Provided for Certain Retirees and Beneficiaries Retiring Before October 1, 1992. - There is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose...
Section 16-25-81 - Cost-of-Living Increase Provided for Certain Retirees Participating Under Section 36-27-6. - (a) Commencing October 1, 1993, there is provided to certain...
Section 16-25-81.1 - Adjustment of Survivor Allowance. - The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Sections...
Section 16-25-82 - Appropriations; Funding for Benefits. - (a) There is appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to...
Section 16-25-83 - Increase Inapplicable if Medicaid Eligibility Impairment Would Result. - Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and...
Section 16-25-84 - Construction of Article. - This article is supplemental. It shall be construed in pari...
Article 5 - Cost of Living Increase Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 1994.
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...
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...
Section 16-25-102 - Adjustment of Survivor Allowance. - The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Sections...
Section 16-25-103 - Funding for Benefits. - The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall...
Section 16-25-104 - Recipients of Medicaid Benefits. - Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and...
Section 16-25-105 - Construction of Article. - This article is supplemental. It shall be construed in pari...
Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.
Section 16-25-110 - Cost-of-Living Increase in Pension Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries of Teachers' Retirement System. - Commencing October 1, 1996, there is provided to each person...
Section 16-25-111 - Cost-of-Living Increase to Members and Beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System. - (a) Commencing October 1, 1996, there is provided to certain...
Section 16-25-112 - Funding for Benefits. - The cost-of-living increase granted to certain retired persons under the...
Section 16-25-113 - Recipients of Medicaid Benefits. - Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and...
Article 7 - Cost of Living for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1998
Section 16-25-120 - Cost-of-Living Increase in Pension Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries of Teachers' Retirement System. - Commencing October 1, 1998, there is provided to each person...
Section 16-25-121 - Cost-of-Living Increase to Members and Beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System. - (a) Commencing October 1, 1998, there is provided to certain...
Section 16-25-122 - Adjustment of Survivor Allowance. - The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Sections...
Section 16-25-123 - Recipients of Medicaid Benefits. - Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid Program and...
Article 8 - Cost of Living Increase Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 2000.
Section 16-25-140 - Increase in Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries. - (a) Commencing October 1, 2000, there is provided an increase...
Article 9 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan for Education Employees.
Section 16-25-150 - Participation in Plan. - (a) As governed by this subsection, there exists as a...
Section 16-25-151 - Withdrawal From Service; Death of Participant. - (a) On withdrawing from service pursuant to Section 16-25-14, a...
Section 16-25-152 - Relation to Federal Law. - At no time shall any provision or implementation of such...
Section 16-25-153 - Incentives for Participation in Plan. - Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article or any other...
Section 16-25-154 - Restoration to Active Service. - Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who has participated...
Article 10 - Cost-Ofliving Increase Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 2001.
Section 16-25-170 - Increase in Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries. - (a) Commencing October 1, 2002, there is provided an increase...
Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increase Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 2004.
Section 16-25-190 - Increase in Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries. - (a) Commencing October 1, 2005, there is provided an increase...
Article 12 - Cost-of-Lving Adjustment Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 2006.
Section 16-25-200 - Increase in Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries. - (a) Commencing October 1, 2006, there is provided a cost-of-living...