Section 36-27-48 - Purchase of prior service credits by certain active members; termination date(a) Whenever used in this section, all words and phrases defined in Section 36-27-1 shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in such section, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.(b) Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, who is an active member of either system, and who has rendered eligible service to any employer covered under either system, may hereby claim and purchase credit for any such prior service as an employee of any such employer. Any active and contributing member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, who is an active member of either system, may claim and purchase up to four years' credit for United States military service.(c) Any member eligible to claim and purchase credit for service under subsection (b) of this section shall be awarded such credit under the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama provided he shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of his respective retirement system prior to said member's date of retirement a sum equal to a percentage of his current annual earnable compensation; the applicable percentage of his current annual earnable compensation shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation.(d) The provisions granted under this section to reopen the retirement systems shall terminate October 1, 1981, and no one shall be eligible to utilize any of the options granted herein if not fully exercised and paid prior to October 1, 1981.(e) The provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws or parts of laws not directly inconsistent herewith.Ala. Code § 36-27-48 (1975)
Acts 1980, No. 80-639, p. 1207, §§ 1-5.