HB435 Summary

• Proposes constitutional amendment to Amendment 671 affecting Clay County to prohibit the Sheriff of Clay County from participating in the county's supernumerary program.

• Allows the Clay County Sheriff to elect to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama on the same terms as other county employees.

• Sheriffs first elected after the amendment's effective date must forego supernumerary program participation and make their retirement system election within one year of ratification.

• Current sheriffs holding office at ratification may purchase service credit in the Employees' Retirement System for time served in the current office.

• Amendment prohibits any person from participating in both a supernumerary program and the Employees' Retirement System based on the same service.