(a) All employees of state junior colleges and state technical colleges who have been in such service for five years or more and who are participating in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama on May 4, 1989, may elect to purchase credit for any time they were on leave of absence from such service between the dates of March 30, 1984, and July 1, 1986.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-25-11.3

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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) Any employee electing to purchase credit pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer within one year after May 4, 1989, a lump sum payment equal to a percentage of the current annual salary of such person; the applicable percentage shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions as required by the most recent actuarial valuation.