SB339 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Greg J. Reed
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2020
Title: Walker Co., sheriff and county revenue commissioner authorized to participate in Employees' Retirement System in lieu of supernumerary program, const. amend.
Summary: A constitutional amendment would let Walker County officials, including the sheriff, join the Employees' Retirement System instead of staying in or taking a supernumerary retirement program.
What This Bill Does
If enacted, the amendment allows elected or appointed Walker County officials to participate in the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) on the same terms as other ERS participants. It ends the creation of new supernumerary offices for these officials after the amendment’s effective date. Officials currently in a supernumerary program may leave that program (in the case of a supernumerary sheriff) and purchase ERS service credit for time served; others in non-sheriff supernumerary programs may continue under their existing terms. Those serving at ratification can buy ERS credit for time served but must forego the supernumerary office; certain positions are excluded from the amendment’s coverage.

Who It Affects
Walker County elected or appointed officials (including the Sheriff) who would become eligible to participate in the Employees' Retirement System on the same terms as other ERS participants, and may purchase service credit for time served.
Officials currently in supernumerary programs who are or could be affected by the switch (e.g., a supernumerary sheriff must leave that program and may buy ERS credit; others in non-sheriff supernumerary programs may continue under their program’s terms). Also, certain offices are explicitly excluded from coverage (judges, district attorneys, legislators, constables, school board members, and officials elected from a judicial circuit).

Key Provisions
No elected or appointed Walker County official may assume a supernumerary office after the amendment’s effective date.
A person in a supernumerary sheriff program on the effective date must leave that program and may purchase ERS service credit for time served as sheriff.
People in other supernumerary programs may continue in their programs under the terms that established those programs.
All Walker County officials may participate in the Employees' Retirement System on the same terms as other ERS participants.
Officials serving at the time of ratification may purchase ERS service credit for time served, but must forego the assumption of any supernumerary office.
"Elected or appointed Walker County official" excludes judges, district attorneys, legislators, constables, school board members, and officials elected from a judicial circuit, who are not covered by this amendment.

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Subjects: Walker County