(a) The tax assessor and tax collector serving Lauderdale County on April 13, 1981, and being active members of the supernumerary tax collectors and tax assessors of Alabama pursuant to Section 40-6-1, as amended, shall each be entitled to claim and purchase up to five years credit for time served as chief deputy sheriff for the county provided that each shall pay to the system on or before 90 days from April 13, 1981, a sum equal to the contributions which he or she would have contributed during the period of prior service based on his or her annual compensation in each year of prior service claimed at the percentage rate of member contribution prevailing at the time payment is made hereunder, together with interest compounded at eight percentum annually until the date of repayment.
(b) All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the employer cost for the granting of any service credit under this section shall become the continuing liability of the employer for whom the service was rendered.
Last modified: May 3, 2021