(a) All employees of state junior colleges and state technical colleges who have been in such service for five years or more and who are participating in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama on May 4, 1989, may elect to purchase credit for any time they were on leave of absence from such service between the dates of March 30, 1984, and July 1, 1986.
(b) Any employee electing to purchase credit pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer within one year after May 4, 1989, a lump sum payment equal to a percentage of the current annual salary of such person; the applicable percentage shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions as required by the most recent actuarial valuation.
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