HB343 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim CarnsRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County; removes provisions tying eligibility to participate in plan to civil service classification; provides for status of mandatory members and part-time employee members who join on or after October 1, 2025

Summary

HB343 reorganizes Jefferson County's General Retirement System so that starting October 1, 2025, most full-time county employees become mandatory members while part-time workers and certain elected or appointed offices can opt in, removing the old civil service-based eligibility rule.

What This Bill Does

The bill removes eligibility tied to civil service classification and establishes new rules for who must join or may join the retirement system. Beginning October 1, 2025, nearly all eligible full-time county employees under the Personnel Board become mandatory members and must contribute. Part-time employees and certain elected or appointed county offices, as well as other groups not under the Board, may choose to join by filing an opt-in declaration, and such an election would be irrevocable. The act also includes only non-substantive, technical updates to current code language and sets an effective date of October 1, 2025.

Who It Affects

• Full-time Jefferson County employees subject to the Personnel Board will be required to join the retirement system as mandatory members and contribute.
• Part-time employees and certain elected or appointed county offices (and other eligible groups not under the Personnel Board) may opt to join the retirement system starting October 1, 2025, by voluntary declaration.

Key Provisions

• Eliminates eligibility tied to civil service classification for Jefferson County employees.
• After October 1, 2025, most full-time employees subject to the Personnel Board become mandatory members and must contribute to the system; those who later move to positions not under the Board remain mandatory members unless otherwise specified.
• Part-time employees and certain elected or appointed county offices may elect to become members in an irrevocable opt-in process starting October 1, 2025.
• Includes nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update code language and states the act becomes effective October 1, 2025.

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Subjects

Jefferson County