(a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers’ Retirement System may purchase credit in the Teachers’ Retirement System for prior service with the Alabama State Council on the Arts if the member has not received credit in the system for the same prior service and has not vested or otherwise become eligible to receive a retirement benefit by using the same prior service credit in another pension plan offered by the council.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-25-11.11

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) A member of the Teachers’ Retirement System who is eligible to purchase any prior service credit under subsection (a) shall receive the credit if he or she pays into the system on or before his or her date of retirement, an amount equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of prior service purchased as determined by the system’s actuary. Prior service may be purchased only in yearly increments of at least two years at a time.
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