§16-25-6. Employees of Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University.

(a) All persons now employed in an administrative or research capacity by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University may become members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama; provided, that such person elects to accept the benefits of this chapter within six months after October 1, 1951. Such persons may signify their desire to become members of the Teachers' Retirement System by filing written notice with the Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System within said six months' period. Any person hereafter employed in such capacity shall be deemed to be a teacher within the meaning of this chapter and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof.

(b) Any person employed in the capacity as set out in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive credit for all service as a teacher rendered by him prior to the date of establishment of the retirement system; provided further, that said person may elect to pay to the treasurer of the said retirement system within six months from October 1, 1951, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of his employment by the Agricultural Experiment Station from September 1, 1941, to October 1, 1951.

(Acts 1951, No. 857, p. 1492, §§ 1, 2.)