Alabama Code 36-27C-9. Relation to other retirement provisions
Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-27C-9
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- 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
Nothing in this chapter shall limit or otherwise lessen the State of Alabama’s, current or future, obligation to fund the Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund. The provisions of this chapter, in whole or in part, may not be used to allow a person otherwise covered under the Retirement Systems of Alabama to opt out or otherwise cease participation in the Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund. The State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof may not substitute or cause to be substituted this Employee Savings Plan or any other defined contribution plan for the state retirement defined benefit plan that currently exists in the Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund.