HB26 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated May 17, 2022

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Randy WoodRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2022
Title: Judicial Retirement Fund, notice deadline for transferring any creditable service and contributions removed, Sec. 12-18-110 am'd.
Summary: HB26 removes the deadline for transferring creditable service and contributions from the Employees' or Teachers' Retirement Fund to the Judicial Retirement Fund and updates the code language.
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Section 12-18-110 to delete the one-year notice requirement for transferring creditable service and accumulated contributions from the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System to the Judicial Retirement Fund. It preserves the transfer option for eligible members but removes the deadline to notify. It also includes nonsubstantive, technical language updates to align with current style, and the act becomes effective immediately after the governor signs it.

Who It Affects
Judicial Retirement Fund members who may transfer creditable service and contributions from the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System, now without a one-year notice deadline.
Administrators of the Employees' Retirement System and Teachers' Retirement System and the Judicial Retirement Fund who oversee transfers, as they adjust procedures to remove the deadline requirement.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 12-18-110, Code of Alabama 1975.
Deletes the one-year notice deadline for transferring creditable service and contributions from ERS/TRS to the Judicial Retirement Fund.
Maintains the transfer option for eligible members but removes the deadline to notify.
Includes nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the code language to current style and sets the act to take effect immediately after gubernatorial approval.

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Subjects: Judicial Retirement Fund