AL HB472

Amends Section 12-17-213 to allow assistant district attorneys who participated in multiple retirement plans to use accumulated time for retirement benefit calculations without losing benefits from one plan to calculate another.

Creates Section 36-27-6.6 requiring Tier II full-time prosecutors and investigators in district attorney offices receive the same retirement benefits as Tier I members while contributing 7.5% of earnable compensation to the Employees' Retirement System.

Creates Section 36-27-8.3 allowing retired district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, and deputy district attorneys to work part-time without losing retirement benefits if compensation does not exceed $50,000 annually and they are not employed in permanent full-time capacity.

Establishes Rural Initiative for Assistant District Attorney Recruitment and Retention awarding one additional year of credible service for every five consecutive years served in a rural judicial circuit, excluding the 6th, 10th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 23rd, and 28th judicial circuits.

Effective date: October 1, 2024.