HB224 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Joe Hubbard

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Employees' Retirement System, Teachers' Retirement System, or Judicial Retirement Fund, certain active or retired members, forfeiture of employer-paid portion and interest thereon of retirement benefits upon conviction of certain felony offenses, immunity from civil or criminal liability for retirement systems officers and employees for certain actions taken, reimbursement to employer for costs of illegal activity

Description

Currently, employees and officers of the Teachers' Retirement System, the Employees' Retirement System, and the Judicial Retirement Fund who are convicted of a felony offense may continue to receive their public retirement benefits.

This bill would require that such persons would forfeit to the employer the employer-paid portion and the interest or gains on the employer-paid portion of his or her retirement benefits upon a guilty plea, a plea of no contest, or a final conviction of a felony offense related to the performance of his or her duties of office, in a court of this state or any other state of the United States, or in a United States federal court.

This bill would provide that forfeited benefits be applied to reimburse for damages caused by the employee's illicit action, with any actual damages to be applied by the employer at the employer's discretion.

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Subjects

Employees' Retirement System