Any eligible employee may become a member of the system as described in this section. Notwithstanding the following, any individual who was a member of the system prior to the effective date of the amendment and restatement of the plan shall continue to be a member of the system. (1) MANDATORY MEMBERSHIP. On and after October 1, 2025, and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2), every eligible employee who occupies a full-time position shall become a member of the system and shall make employee contributions to the system in accordance with Section 45-37-123.82. If an employee subsequently occupies a position not subject to the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, the employee shall remain a mandatory and contributing member of the system, except as otherwise provided herein. (2) OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP. On and after October 1, 2025, any individual elected or appointed to a full-time county office in Jefferson County that is created by an act of the Legislature or pursuant to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and any part-time employee of the county shall have the option to become a member of the system by filing with the executive director an executed declaration stating that he or she elects to become a member of the system, subject to all of the rights and liabilities of members of the system. The declaration shall be in such form and time as the pension board may prescribe. Once the declaration is accepted by the pension board or a representative of the pension board, the eligible employee then shall become a member of the system and shall begin to make employee contributions to the system in accordance with Section 45-37-123.82. The election to become or not become a member, once exercised, shall be irrevocable.
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