HB624 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy WoodRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Judicial Retirement Fund, notice deadline for transferring any creditable service and contributions removed, nonsubstantive technical revisions, Sec. 12-18-110 am'd.

Summary

HB624 removes the one-year notice deadline for transferring creditable service and contributions from the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System to the Judicial Retirement Fund and updates language.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends Section 12-18-110 to eliminate the requirement that a member notify the ERS Board of Control within one year after joining the Judicial Retirement Fund in order to transfer creditable service and contributions. It preserves the eligibility condition that the member must have been in ERS or TRS within not more than one year before becoming a Judicial Retirement Fund member, but with no deadline to submit notice. The bill also makes nonsubstantive technical revisions to update the code language to current style. It becomes effective immediately after the Governor signs it into law.

Who It Affects

• Judicial Retirement Fund members who previously belonged to the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System within the last year before joining the Judicial Retirement Fund, as they can transfer creditable service and contributions without a notice deadline.
• Boards and administrators involved in processing transfers (ERS Board of Control and Judicial Retirement Fund) by removing the one-year notice deadline and updating procedures.

Key Provisions

• Deletes the notice deadline for transferring creditable service and contributions from the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System to the Judicial Retirement Fund.
• Keeps the eligibility condition that the member must have been in ERS or TRS within not more than one year before joining the Judicial Retirement Fund, but removes the requirement to notify within a year.
• Includes nonsubstantive technical revisions to update the code language to current style.
• Effective immediately after passage and governor's approval.

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Subjects

Judicial Retirement Fund