Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not explain what specific steps an individual must take to prove they have separate years of service.

Rules for Circuit Clerks Joining Two Retirement Programs

This law stops circuit clerks from using the same work time to get benefits from two retirement programs, but it lets them join both if they worked separate jobs.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a new rule called Section 12-18-166 to Alabama state laws.
• Stops people from getting money from the supernumerary circuit clerk program and the Employees' Retirement System for the same work time.
• Allows people who qualify on their own for both programs based on different years of service to join them.
• Sets a start date so these rules begin working in July 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

• Circuit clerks
• People participating in the supernumerary circuit clerk program
• Members of the Employees' Retirement System

Limits and Unknowns

• This law does not say how much money people will receive from either program.
• It only applies to circuit clerks and does not mention other types of employees.

Official Summary Text

This act adds Section 12-18-166 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) prohibit individuals from participating in both supernumerary circuit clerk programs and the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) based on the same service; and (2) authorize individuals who independently qualify for supernumerary circuit clerk programs and the ERS based on separate service to participate in both programs.

Current Bill Text

HB159 ENROLLED
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HB159
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By Representative Bolton
RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
First Read: 13-Jan-26
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HB159 Enrolled
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First Read: 13-Jan-26
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to retirement benefits; to add Section
12–18–166 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize qualifying
circuit clerks to participate in both a supernumerary circuit
clerk program and the Employees' Retirement System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 12-18-166 is added to the Code of
Alabama 1975, to read as follows:
§12-18-166
(a) No individual may participate in both a
supernumerary circuit clerk program and the Employees’
Retirement System based on the same service.
(b) An individual who independently qualifies for a
supernumerary circuit clerk program and the Employees'
Retirement System based on separate years of service may
participate in both programs.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on July 1,
2026.
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2026.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 05-Feb-26.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 26-Feb-26 Passed
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