HB307 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rex ReynoldsRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Retirement System, stress bill, use of hazardous duty time to calculate years of service for inservice death benefits for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, Secs. 16-25-14, 36-27-16 am'd.

Summary

HB307 would allow hazardous duty time to count toward the years of service used to calculate inservice death benefits for firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers, even if they have fewer than 25 years of creditable service.

What This Bill Does

It amends sections 16-25-14 and 36-27-16 to count hazardous duty time toward the required years of creditable service when determining inservice death benefits. This change could make some members eligible for inservice death benefits sooner and/or increase the benefits payable to survivors by including hazardous duty time in the service-year calculation. Hazardous duty time is defined in section 36-27-59(1) and would be used in these calculations for the affected groups.

Who It Affects

• Firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers who have hazardous duty time, as it could be counted toward the requisite years of service for inservice death benefits even if they have less than 25 years of creditable service.
• Surviving spouses or designated beneficiaries of those officers, who may receive inservice death benefits calculated with hazardous duty time included.

Key Provisions

• Amends Sections 16-25-14 and 36-27-16 to allow hazardous duty time to be used in calculating the requisite years of service for inservice death benefits for firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers.
• Hazardous duty time, defined in Section 36-27-59(1), may be credited toward the 25-year threshold for calculating inservice death benefits even if the member has not reached 25 years of creditable service.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Retirement Systems