SB68 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Clyde ChamblissSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

To amend Sections 36-27-1, 36-27-16, as last amended by Acts 2022-184 and 2022-351, 2022 Regular Session, and 41-27-7, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to retirement benefits for employees who are members of the Employees' Retirement System; to reopen the State Police Tier II Plan to any employee of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency who is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission and performs law enforcement duties; to modify the Tier II benefits received by all State Police Tier II members; and to clarify that employees of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency are state policemen for retirement purposes.

Summary

SB68 would reopen the State Police Tier II retirement plan to additional ASLEA employees who are POST-certified and perform law enforcement duties, increase Tier II benefits for state policemen (including a 25-year retirement and hazardous-duty time), and designate ASLEA staff as state policemen for retirement purposes.

What This Bill Does

It expands Tier II eligibility to Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency employees who are POST-certified and perform law enforcement duties. It enhances Tier II benefits for those who are state policemen by allowing a 25-year retirement and by adding hazardous duty time as creditable service. It also clarifies that ASLEA employees are considered state policemen for retirement purposes, aligning their eligibility and benefit calculations with other state policemen under Tier II.

Who It Affects

• ASLEA employees who are POST-certified and perform law enforcement duties become eligible to join or be treated under the State Police Tier II Plan.
• Current and future Tier II state policemen receive enhanced benefits (25-year retirement, hazardous duty time credit) and the designation that ASLEA employees are state policemen for retirement purposes.

Key Provisions

• Reopens the State Police Tier II Plan to any ASLEA employee who is POST-certified and performs law enforcement duties.
• Allows Tier II state policemen to retire after 25 years of creditable service and adds hazardous duty time (one year of creditable service for every five years of service as a state policeman).
• Notwithstanding prior definitions, designates employees of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency as state policemen for retirement purposes and aligns their eligibility/benefits accordingly.
• Defines specific benefit calculations for Tier II state policemen (annuity equal to accumulated contributions plus a pension based on 2.375% of average final compensation times years of service, with related reductions and potential adjustments for prior service).

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