SB213 Alabama 2012 Session

Sponsors

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 (2012-20156)

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 provide that such persons would forfeit 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 Alabama, whether or not the retirement benefit is based upon service in the office, in a court of this state or any other state of the United States, or in a United States federal court.

To provide that any person who is a member of the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund, either an active or inactive member who has an accrued retirement benefit or a retired member, shall forfeit 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 person's performance of his or her official duties of any public office, whether or not the retirement benefit is based upon service in the office, in a court of this state or any other state of the United States or in a United States federal court.

Subjects

Employees' Retirement System