(a) Any active and contributing member of the Employees’ Retirement System who is an employee of an employer participating in the system pursuant to Section 36-27-6, and whose current position was once excluded by the employer from participating in the system, may receive credit in the system for the period of full-time service for which his or her position was excluded by the employer from participating in the system, provided the member claiming the credit has been continuously employed by the employer since January 1, 1987, and the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-27-48.1

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) A member of the Employees’ Retirement System eligible to purchase credit in the system under subsection (a) of this section shall receive the credit after satisfying the following conditions:

(1) Each person eligible to claim and purchase the credit for service under subsection (a) of this section shall be awarded creditable service under the Employees’ Retirement System provided he or she shall pay into the retirement system, prior to October 1, 1995, a lump sum equal to the percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation, or final average compensation, whichever is greater, for each year of service credit purchased; the current annual earnable compensation or final average compensation, 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.
(2) The employer shall certify in writing to the Employees’ Retirement System the dates of the period of full-time employment for which the member is claiming credit.
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