SB210 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Del Marsh

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Retirement, person retired under a retirement plan within the Retirement Systems of Alabama, prohibited from accruing membership service in another retirement plan within the system, Sec. 12-1-15 am'd.

Summary

SB210 would prevent retirees drawing benefits from one RSA retirement plan from earning additional service in another RSA plan they participated in, with a grandfather clause for those already receiving retirement allowances.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends Section 12-1-15 to bar retirees from accruing membership service in a different RSA retirement plan while they are receiving benefits from another RSA plan. It covers retirees in the Judicial Retirement Fund and retirees in the Teachers' Retirement System or Employees' Retirement System (including the Judges' and Clerks' Plan and the District Attorneys' Plan). There is a grandfather clause that exempts individuals who are already drawing retirement allowances on the act’s effective date. The measure becomes law on the first day of the third month after it is passed and signed by the Governor.

Who It Affects

• Judicial Retirement Fund retirees who are drawing retirement allowances; they would be prohibited from accruing membership service in the Teachers' Retirement System, Employees' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund while drawing benefits from the Judicial Retirement Fund
• Retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement System who are drawing retirement allowances; they would be prohibited from accruing membership service in the Judicial Retirement Fund or in other RSA plans while drawing benefits from their own plan
• Future retirees who participate in multiple RSA retirement plans; they would be subject to the new rule when they begin drawing benefits
• Individuals who are already drawing retirement allowances on the act’s effective date; they are exempt from the new restrictions

Key Provisions

• Prohibits accrual of membership service in one RSA retirement plan while drawing retirement allowances from another
• Applies to the Judicial Retirement Fund and to the Teachers' Retirement System and Employees' Retirement System, including related Plans (Judges' and Clerks' Plan, District Attorneys' Plan)
• Includes a grandfather clause for individuals drawing retirement allowances on the act’s effective date
• Effective date: first day of the third month after passage and governor's approval

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Subjects

Judicial Retirement Fund