HB512 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Craig Ford
Independent
Co-Sponsors: Blaine Galliher Becky Nordgren
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Etowah Co., elected officials authorized to participate in Employees' Retirement System in lieu of supernumerary program, const. amend.
Summary: HB512 would amend Alabama's Constitution to let Etowah County officials join the Employees' Retirement System instead of a county supernumerary program.
What This Bill Does
It prohibits new supernumerary offices for Etowah County officials after the amendment’s effective date. It allows Etowah County officials to participate in the Employees' Retirement System on the same terms as other state employees. Officials in office at ratification may purchase service credit for time served in the current office. It bars anyone from participating in both ERS and the supernumerary program for the same service, and it excludes certain officials from eligibility (judges, district attorneys, legislators, constables, school board members, and officials elected from a judicial circuit).

Who It Affects
Etowah County elected or appointed officials (including the sheriff) who may participate in the Employees' Retirement System instead of the county's supernumerary program
Current Etowah County officials holding office at the time of ratification, who may purchase ERS service credit for time served in the current office
People currently entitled to participate in Etowah County's supernumerary program, who may continue under that program as of the amendment’s effective date
People excluded from eligibility by definition of the amendment (judges, district attorneys, legislators, constables, school board members, and officials elected from a judicial circuit)
Any individual who would otherwise participate in both the ERS and the supernumerary program for the same service

Key Provisions
No elected or appointed Etowah County official may assume a supernumerary office after the amendment’s effective date; those already entitled to participate in a supernumerary program may continue under the terms of that program for their existing service
Every elected or appointed Etowah County official may participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama on the same terms as other state employees
Etowah County officials holding office at the time of ratification may purchase service credit in the ERS for the time served in the current office
No person may participate in both the ERS and the supernumerary program for the same service
The amendment excludes certain offices from eligibility, specifically judges, district attorneys, legislators, constables, school board members, and officials elected from a judicial circuit

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Subjects: Etowah County