Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB146 Compare Versions

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1	1	1 SB146
2	2	2 216768-1
3	3	3 By Senator Marsh
4	4	4 RFD: Finance and Taxation Education
5	5	5 First Read: 01-FEB-22
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14	14	8 SYNOPSIS: This bill provides that any individual
15	15	9 retired under the Judicial Retirement Fund may not
16	16	10 accrue membership service in the Teachers'
17	17	11 Retirement System, Employees' Retirement System, or
18	18	12 the Judicial Retirement Fund, including the Judges'
19	19	13 and Clerks' Plan and the District Attorneys' Plan,
20	20	14 while drawing his or her retirement allowance from
21	21	15 the Judicial Retirement Fund.
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23	23	17 A BILL
24	24	18 TO BE ENTITLED
25	25	19 AN ACT
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27	27	21 To amend Section 12-1-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to
28	28	22 prohibit any individual retired under the Judicial Retirement
29	29	23 Fund from accruing membership service in the Teachers'
30	30	24 Retirement System, Employees' Retirement System, or the
31	31	25 Judicial Retirement Fund, while drawing his or her retirement
32	32	26 allowance from the Judicial Retirement Fund.
33	33	27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
34	34	Page 1 1 Section 1. Section 12-1-15 of the Code of Alabama
35	35	2 1975, is amended to read as follows:
36	36	3 "§12-1-15.
37	37	4 "(a) Any justice, judge, officer, official or
38	38	5 employee of the judicial branch of government, including
39	39	6 retired and supernumerary justices, judges or employees, other
40	40	7 than probate and municipal court judges and employees, shall
41	41	8 be entitled to any and all employee benefits to which other
42	42	9 state employees, officers or officials on active duty status
43	43	10 are entitled, including, but not limited to, group hospital,
44	44	11 medical and surgical insurance, regardless of whether such
45	45	12 officer, official or employee is receiving his or her
46	46	13 compensation from grant funds or otherwise.
47	47	14 "(b) All supernumerary justices and judges and
48	48	15 retired justices and judges shall fall within the retirement
49	49	16 category and there shall be no differences between the same in
50	50	17 regard to social security, tax benefits or advantages and
51	51	18 employee benefits, and uniformity of treatment shall be given
52	52	19 and accorded unless statutes specifically otherwise provide.
53	53	20 "(c) Any justice or judge who is eligible or who
54	54	21 will become eligible in the future for supernumerary benefits
55	55	22 or retirement benefits shall not forfeit any right by failing
56	56	23 to apply for such status at the time that he or she left or
57	57	24 leaves active state service but shall be entitled to all such
58	58	25 rights whenever he applies for the same.
59	59	26 "(d) Any individual retired under the Judicial
60	60	27 Retirement Fund may not accrue membership service in the
61	61	Page 2 1 Teachers' Retirement System, Employees' Retirement System, or
62	62	2 the Judicial Retirement Fund, including the Judges' and
63	63	3 Clerks' Plan and the District Attorneys' Plan, while drawing
64	64	4 his or her retirement allowance from the Judicial Retirement
65	65	5 Fund."
66	66	6 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
67	67	7 first day of the third month following its passage and
68	68	8 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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