HB389 Alabama 2016 Session

Existing law provides a defined benefit retirement plan for any public employee who is first hired on or after January 1, 2013, by an employer who participates in the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement System

This bill would redefine the term "Tier I Plan Member" to include any person who, regardless of his or her date of employment, is employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, law enforcement officer, or state policeman

This bill would also redefine the term "Tier II Plan Member" to exclude a person hired as a correctional officer, firefighter, law enforcement officer, or state policeman

To amend Sections 36-27-1, 36-27-16, and 36-27-24, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to retirement; to define certain terms relating to the Retirement Systems of Alabama; to redefine the terms "Tier I Plan Member" to include any person who, regardless of his or her date of employment, is employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, law enforcement officer, or state policeman, and "Tier II Plan Member" to exclude a person hired as a correctional officer, firefighter, law enforcement officer, or state policeman.