SB469 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Clyde ChamblissSenator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Autauga Co., sheriff, participation in supernumerary program phased out, participation in Employees' Retirement System, Amendment 626 (Section 3, Local Amendments, Autauga County, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.
Summary: Autauga County would stop the sheriff from joining the county's supernumerary program and allow the sheriff (and other officials) to join the Employees' Retirement System instead.
What This Bill Does
It changes Amendment 626, Section 3, to prevent Autauga County sheriffs from participating in the supernumerary program and to permit participation in the Employees' Retirement System (ERS). It applies ERS eligibility to all elected or appointed Autauga County officials on the same terms as other employees. Officials who were in office at the time of ratification can purchase ERS service credits for time already served, but must forego the supernumerary option and elect within one year of ratification; sheriffs first elected after the effective date cannot participate in the supernumerary program but may join ERS and purchase credit for time served, subject to the same one-year election rule.

Who It Affects
The Sheriff of Autauga County (both current officeholders at ratification and those elected after the effective date) who would move from the supernumerary program to ERS participation, with the possibility to purchase time served credits and a one-year election window.
Other Autauga County elected or appointed officials who would be eligible to participate in the Employees' Retirement System on the same terms as other employees, and may purchase service credits for prior service if electing within the same one-year window.

Key Provisions
Prohibits the Sheriff of Autauga County from participating in the county's supernumerary program.
Allows the sheriff to elect to participate in the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) instead, on terms set by law.
Redefines 'elected or appointed Autauga County official' to include those eligible for the supernumerary program or serving the remaining term.
Officials in office at ratification may purchase ERS service credit for time served, but must forego the supernumerary option and elect within one year of ratification.
Sheriff first elected after the effective date cannot participate in the supernumerary program but may participate in ERS, with eligibility to purchase service credit for time served if elected within one year.

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Subjects: Constitutional Amendments