HB233 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow elected or appointed Cullman County officials and sheriffs to participate in the Employees' Retirement System instead of a supernumerary program.

• Prohibits new elected or appointed Cullman County officials from assuming supernumerary office after the amendment's effective date, while allowing those currently entitled to continue in existing supernumerary programs.

• Allows Cullman County officials holding office at ratification to purchase service credit in the Employees' Retirement System for their time served in the current office.

• Excludes judges, county commissioners, district attorneys, legislators, constables, school board members, and officials elected from judicial circuits from this amendment.

• Requires voter approval at the 2014 General Election, with ballot language describing the measure as phasing out the supernumerary system and allowing county officials to participate in the Employees' Retirement System.