SB 56 — Teachers and school employees, state retirement benefits terminated upon conviction of certain sex crimes involving minor.

SB56 ENGROSSEDENROLLED SB56 PFU5RGG-2PFU5RGG-3 By Senator Orr RFD:

06-Feb-24 Page 0 SB56 EngrossedEnrolled 2Enrolled, 4An AAct, BILL3 TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 9 Relating to crimes committed by school employees;

"§36-27D-1 (a) On and after May 15, 2012, any person individual who is an active or inactive member of the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund who has an accrued benefit shall forfeit retirement benefits upon a guilty plea, a plea of no contest, or a final conviction judgment by the trial court of a felony offense if that offense is related to or arises out of, or in connection with, his or her service in that public position, as declared by the presiding judge of the court in a United States federal court, an Alabama court, or the court of Page 1 SB56 Engrossed any other state of the United States, and the person individual shall be entitled to a refund of his or her retirement contributions and applicable interest.

(b) On and after July 1, 2024, any individual who is an active or inactive member of the Employees' Retirement System, Page 1 SB56 Enrolled the Teachers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund who has an accrued benefit shall forfeit retirement benefits upon a guilty plea, a plea of no contest, or a final judgment by the trial court of any offense set forth in Article 4A of Chapter 6 or Division 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 13A, and the individual shall be entitled to a refund of his or her retirement contributions and applicable interest.

Any failure by the convicting court to provide notice pursuant to this subsection shall not affect or delay any forfeiture provision set forth Page 2 SB56 Engrossed in this section.

(c)(e) Officers and employees of the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, and the Judicial Retirement Fund are immune from any civil or criminal liability for any action taken pursuant to this section." Page 2 SB56 Enrolled Section 2.

Page 3 SB56 EngrossedEnrolled Senate________________________________________________ ReadPresident forand thePresiding firstOfficer timeof andthe referredSenate ................06-Feb-24________________________________________________ toSpeaker of the SenateHouse committeeof onRepresentatives FinanceSB56 andSenate Taxation19-Mar-24 EducationI Readhereby forcertify that the secondwithin timeAct andoriginated placedin ................28-Feb-24and onpassed the calendar:Senate, as amended.

0 amendments Read for the third time and passed ................19-Mar-24 as amended Yeas 33 Nays 0 Abstains 0 Patrick Harris, Secretary.

PageHouse 4of Representatives Passed:

02-May-24 By:

Senator Orr Page 4