Alabama § 45-37A-51.161 Exception to General Rule

Alabama Statutes

§ 45-37A-51.161 — Exception to General Rule

Alabama § 45-37A-51.161

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 45Local Laws

Ch. 37AJefferson County Municipalities

Art. 5Birmingham

Part 2Employees

Subpart 4Eligibility to Participate

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Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.161 (2026).

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(a)Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no member of the pension system provided by the following legislation, if such legislation is applicable to the city, shall be a member of the system:

(1)The Policemen’s Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act 502 of the 1923 Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended or codified.

(2)The Firemen’s Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act 307 of the 1943 Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts 1943, p. 264).

(3)The Limited Policemen’s Retirement and Relief System provided by Act 470 of the 1955 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts 1955, p. 1067).

(4)Limited Firemen’s Pension and Relief System provided by Act 217 of the 1966 Special Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts

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(a) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no member of the pension system provided by the following legislation, if such legislation is applicable to the city, shall be a member of the system:
(1) The Policemen’s Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act 502 of the 1923 Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended or codified.
(2) The Firemen’s Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act 307 of the 1943 Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts 1943, p. 264).
(3) The Limited Policemen’s Retirement and Relief System provided by Act 470 of the 1955 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts 1955, p. 1067).
(4) Limited Firemen’s Pension and Relief System provided by Act 217 of the 1966 Special Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts 1966, p. 280).
(b) No person who may enter the service on or after September 19, 1939, whether in the police or fire department or not, shall become a member of the aforesaid policemen’s pension and relief plans or of aforesaid firemen’s pension and relief plans, but shall become a member of the system as a qualified employee in the classified service. In the event of reentry into the service of the police department of a former member of the policemen’s plan shall again become a member of the policemen’s plan if otherwise eligible for membership therein, and that in the event of reentry into the service of the fire department of a former member of the firemen’s plan shall again become a member of the firemen’s plan if otherwise eligible for membership therein. In the event any member of such policemen’s plans or firemen’s plans be transferred within the service to a department of the city other than the police or fire department shall become a member of the system, and all his or her contributions to the policemen’s or firemen’s plan after date of establishment, plus matching contributions of the city, shall be transferred to the fund of the system.