Alabama § 45-56-120 - Employees’ Retirement System; Withdrawing Accumulated Contributions.
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§ 45-56-120. Employees’ Retirement System; Withdrawing Accumulated Contributions.
(a) Any individual who became a member of the Employees’ Retirement System through the participation of Randolph County in the system, who was a member of the system on October 1, 1975, and who prior to that date had been ineligible to receive credit for service rendered as an employee prior to October 1, 1945, for reasons other than having been employed as a nonmember, shall be eligible under Article 1, Chapter 27, Title 36, to receive credit for all service as an employee rendered by him or her prior to the date of establishment of the retirement system; provided, that the individual has never waived his or her claim on the funds of the retirement system by withdrawing his or her accumulated contributions to the fund; and provided, the member has not been absent from service more than five years in any period of six consecutive years after becoming a member of the retirement system.
(b) This section shall apply to both present employees of Randolph County and retired employees of Randolph County.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 45-56-120 ("Employees’ Retirement System; Withdrawing Accumulated Contributions.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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