HB496 Alabama 2014 Session

This bill amends current law regarding employer contributions for judicial retirement for probate judges and places the responsibility for such contributions on the several counties

This bill would allow judges to purchase additional retirement credits in the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama if they have the requisite years of creditable service

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriations funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose. The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended

If this bill is not enacted by a two-thirds vote, it will not become effective with regard to a local entity or until, and only as long as, the Legislature appropriates funds or provides for a local source of revenue

To amend Sections 12-18-1, 12-18-3, 12-18-82, and 12-18-133 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to judicial retirement, probate judges' retirement contributions, and purchase of additional credit by judges in the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama; to provide that the employer contribution is to be paid by the several counties; to allow judges to purchase additional retirement credits in the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama if they have the requisite years of creditable service; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.