Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB212 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB212
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5	5	By Representative Kiel
6	6	RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
7	7	First Read: 21-Feb-24
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15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	Under existing law, certain pension, annuity, or
17	17	retirement allowance benefits under the Teachers'
18	18	Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System
19	19	are subject to state or municipal tax, levy, sale,
20	20	garnishment, attachment, or any other related process
21	21	under certain circumstances.
22	22	This bill would revise the circumstances in
23	23	which an individual's pension, annuity, or retirement
24	24	allowance benefits under the Teachers' Retirement
25	25	System and the Employees' Retirement System are subject
26	26	to certain recovery actions.
27	27	A BILL
28	28	TO BE ENTITLED
29	29	AN ACT
30	30	Relating to retirement benefits; to amend Sections
31	31	16-25-23 and 36-27-28, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the
32	32	circumstances in which an individual's pension, annuity, or
33	33	retirement allowance benefits under the Teachers' Retirement
34	34	System and the Employees' Retirement System are subject to
35	35	certain recovery actions.
36	36	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
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66	66	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
67	67	Section 1. Sections 16-25-23 and 36-27-28, Code of
68	68	Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
69	69	"§16-25-23
70	70	(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of
71	71	a personan individual to a pension; an annuity, or a
72	72	retirement allowance; to the return of contributions; the
73	73	pension, annuity , or retirement allowance itself; any optional
74	74	benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any
75	75	personindividual under the provisions of this chapter; and the
76	76	monies in the various funds created by this chapter are hereby
77	77	exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy
78	78	and sale, garnishment, attachment , or any other process
79	79	whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as in this
80	80	chapter specifically otherwise provided in this chapter .
81	81	(b)(1) Restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any
82	82	other financial obligations in a criminal case ordered by a
83	83	circuit or district court judge in this state are not subject
84	84	to the exemption set out in subsection (a), provided allboth
85	85	of the following are satisfied:
86	86	a. The amount of the restitution ordered is in the
87	87	amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or greater.
88	88	b. The personindividual subject to the order is a
89	89	retiree or beneficiary who is currently receiving benefits
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91	91	c. The case has been assigned to the district
92	92	attorney's restitution recovery division.
93	93	(2) If the requirements of subdivision (1) are met, and
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124	124	upon a motion filed by the district attorney, the circuit or
125	125	district court judge may order that the Teachers' Retirement
126	126	System pay to the circuit clerk of the court no more than 25
127	127	percent of the retiree's or beneficiary's gross monthly
128	128	benefit less any deductions for child support or health
129	129	insurance for any dependents, to be applied to the balance of
130	130	the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial
131	131	obligations ordered in the criminal case.
132	132	(3) An order under subdivision (2) shall set out all of
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134	134	a. The individual's name, date of birth, and Social
135	135	Security number.
136	136	b. The amount of restitution ordered is in the amount
137	137	of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or greater.
138	138	c. The amounts of restitution, fines, court costs,
139	139	fees, or any other financial obligations owed, detailed
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141	141	d. The relevant case numbers.
142	142	e. The county in which the case was brought.
143	143	f. The circuit clerk's name and mailing address.
144	144	g. That the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or
145	145	other financial obligations are payable as a result of a
146	146	criminal disposition.
147	147	h. The amount or the percentage of funds to be paid.
148	148	(4) The district attorney shall notify the court
149	149	whenever the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other
150	150	financial obligations are paid in full. Thereafter, the court
151	151	shall issue an order to stop the diversion of the individual's
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182	182	funds. Any payment received by the circuit clerk in an amount
183	183	over what was owed shall be paid back to the Teachers'
184	184	Retirement System within 60 days with the specific identifying
185	185	information as to the retiree or the beneficiary to whom it is
186	186	owed."
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188	188	(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of
189	189	a personan individual to a pension, an annuity, a retirement
190	190	allowance or to the return of contributions, the pension,
191	191	annuity, or retirement allowance itself and any optional
192	192	benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any
193	193	personindividual under the provisions of this article and the
194	194	monies in the various funds created by this chapter are hereby
195	195	exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy
196	196	and sale, garnishment, attachment , or any other process
197	197	whatsoever and shall be unassignable except as in this article
198	198	specifically otherwise provided.
199	199	(b)(1) Restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any
200	200	other financial obligations in a criminal case ordered by a
201	201	circuit or district court judge in this state are not subject
202	202	to the exemption set out in subsection (a), provided allboth
203	203	of the following are satisfied:
204	204	a. The amount of the restitution ordered is in the
205	205	amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or greater.
206	206	b. The personindividual subject to the order is a
207	207	retiree or beneficiary who is currently receiving benefits
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209	209	c. The case has been assigned to the district
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240	240	attorney's restitution recovery division.
241	241	(2) If the requirements of subdivision (1) are met,
242	242	and upon a motion filed by the district attorney, the circuit
243	243	or district court judge may order that the Employees'
244	244	Retirement System pay to the circuit clerk of the court no
245	245	more than 25 percent of the retiree's or beneficiary's gross
246	246	monthly benefit less any deductions for child support or
247	247	health insurance for any dependents, to be applied to the
248	248	balance of the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other
249	249	financial obligations ordered in the criminal case.
250	250	(3) An order under subdivision (2) shall set out all
251	251	of the following:
252	252	a. The individual's name, date of birth, and Social
253	253	Security number.
254	254	b. The amount of restitution ordered is in the amount
255	255	of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or greater.
256	256	c. The amounts of restitution, fines, court costs,
257	257	fees, or any other financial obligations owed, detailed
258	258	individually.
259	259	d. The relevant case numbers.
260	260	e. The county in which the case was brought.
261	261	f. The circuit clerk's name and mailing address.
262	262	g. That the restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or
263	263	other financial obligations are payable as a result of a
264	264	criminal disposition.
265	265	h. The amount or the percentage of funds to be paid.
266	266	(4) The district attorney mustshall notify the court
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298	298	financial obligations are paid in full. Thereafter, the court
299	299	shall issue an order to stop the diversion of the individual's
300	300	funds. Any payment received by the circuit clerk in an amount
301	301	over what was owed shall be paid back to the Employees'
302	302	Retirement System within 60 days with the specific identifying
303	303	information as to the retiree or the beneficiary to whom it is
304	304	owed."
305	305	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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