§ 36-27-55.5 — Purchase of Credit for Prior Service with Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board of Mobile County, Inc

Alabama § 36-27-55.5

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 36: Public Officers and Employees
• Ch. 27: State Employees’ Retirement System
• Art. 2: Reopening of System for Certain Employees
• Div. 1: General Provisions

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(a) Any active and contributing member of the Employees’ Retirement System may claim and purchase credit not to exceed 10 years in the system for prior service rendered while employed with the Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board of Mobile County, Inc., if the member complies with subsection (b).
(b) A member of the Employees’ Retirement System eligible to purchase prior service credit pursuant to subsection (a) may receive credit in the system for the prior service by paying prior to his or her date of retirement, the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service purchased as determined by the system’s actuary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member of the Employees’ Retirement System shall be eligible to receive service credit in the system for any service that the member is already credited with in the system or in any other public retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program.
(c) The Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board of Mobile County, Inc. shall certify in writing to the Employees’ Retirement System the total employment status and earnable compensation by fiscal year for the member purchasing credit for any prior service as provided for in this section.

Legislative History

(Act 2002-407, p. 1025, §1.)