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HB130 • 2026

Teachers' Retirement System, reopened to allow the purchase of credit for prior service rendered to the St. Clair County DAY Program, Incorporated

Teachers' Retirement System, reopened to allow the purchase of credit for prior service rendered to the St. Clair County DAY Program, Incorporated

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hill (J)
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Pending Committee Action in Second House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the financial implications or requirements for contributions and employer costs beyond what is mentioned in the bill text.

Teachers' Retirement System Change for St. Clair County DAY Program

This bill allows active, vested members of the Teachers' Retirement System to purchase credit for prior service at the St. Clair County DAY Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows active, vested members of the Teachers' Retirement System to purchase credit for prior work done at the St. Clair County DAY Program.
  • Requires the governing body of the DAY Program to adopt a resolution that follows rules set by the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System.
  • Enables employees and executive officers of the DAY Program to join the Teachers' Retirement System after their governing body makes an election through a resolution.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Active, vested members of the Teachers' Retirement System who worked for the St. Clair County DAY Program.
  • Employees and executive officers of the St. Clair County DAY Program.

Terms To Know

Vested
A status in a retirement system where an employee has earned certain benefits that cannot be taken away, even if they leave before retiring.
Resolution
An official decision or statement made by the governing body of an organization.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only affects those who worked for the St. Clair County DAY Program and are members of the Teachers' Retirement System.
  • It is unclear how many people will be affected by this change.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 House

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 301 (Yeas 96, Nays 0)

  2. 2026-02-05 House

    Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 96, Nays 0)

  3. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Pending Committee Action in Second House

  4. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

  5. 2026-01-29 House

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  6. 2026-01-28 House

    Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  7. 2026-01-13 House

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  8. 2026-01-13 House

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education

Official Summary Text

Teachers' Retirement System, reopened to allow the purchase of credit for prior service rendered to the St. Clair County DAY Program, Incorporated

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
HB130 INTRODUCED
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HB130
84QLAFH-1
By Representative Hill
RFD: Ways and Means Education
First Read: 13-Jan-26
PFD: 07-Jan-26
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84QLAFH-1 01/06/2026 KMS (L)cr 2025-3430
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PFD: 07-Jan-26
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would reopen the Teachers' Retirement
System to allow an active, vested, and contributing
member to purchase credit in the system for prior
service rendered to the St. Clair County Day Program,
Incorporated.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To reopen the Teachers' Retirement System to permit
purchase of credit in the system for prior service rendered to
the St. Clair County Day Program, Incorporated.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) The governing body of the St. Clair
County Day Program, Incorporated, by resolution legally
adopted to conform to the rules prescribed by the Board of
Control of the Teachers' Retirement System, may elect to have
its executive officers and full-time employees, from whatever
source and in whatever manner paid, become eligible to
participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama,
subject to all rules, regulations, and conditions thereof.
(b) After the governing body of the St. Clair County
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(b) After the governing body of the St. Clair County
Day Program, Incorporated, has made an election through a
resolution as provided in subsection (a), its employees and
executive officers may participate in and be entitled to all
benefits of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama;
provided, that where contributions are made from salaries paid
by the St. Clair County Day Program, Incorporated, the St.
Clair County Day Program, Incorporated, shall pay the employer
cost, calculated as a percentage of the salaries of those
employees, to be contributed as employer contributions in
accordance with Section 16-25-21, Code of Alabama 1975. The
amount shall be paid monthly and at the same time as the
members' contributions are made to the Teachers' Retirement
System.
(c) The governing body of the St. Clair County Day
Program, Incorporated, may provide in its resolution to the
Teachers' Retirement System's Board of Control that all
service rendered by an eligible employee or executive officer
to the program, before the effective date of the program's
election to come under the Teachers' Retirement System, shall
be creditable service to the employee or executive officer;
provided, that any provision shall apply only to those
employees and officers who were in the active service of the
program on the effective date of the program's election to be
covered under the Teachers' Retirement System; and provided
further, that the resolution also states that the St. Clair
County Day Program, Incorporated, shall assume and pay, as
required, all costs necessary to fund the crediting of the
previous service, the costs to be determined by the actuary
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previous service, the costs to be determined by the actuary
employed by the Teachers' Retirement System Board of Control.
All benefits that accrue and are payable to any beneficiary
hereunder shall be limited to, and shall not exceed, the
amount paid in by the beneficiary and the employer plus his or
her portion of the interest earned and the enhancement of his
or her monies by investing them, less cost of administration,
at no cost to the State of Alabama.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2026.
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