Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.76: Participation in Employees’ Retirement System.

(a) The City Council of the City of Gadsden, Alabama, and the Board of Trustees of the Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement Fund of the City of Gadsden may elect by resolution to have the employees of the fire and police departments of Gadsden participate as a local unit in the Employees’ Retirement System and to transfer to that system all assets and liabilities of the fund and any other funding required by the Employees’ Retirement System for such participation pursuant to Section 36-27-6.

(b) Upon the date of acceptance by the Employees’ Retirement System of the members of the Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement System of the City of Gadsden as members of the Employees’ Retirement System, any provisions of Sections 45-28A-42.50 to 45-28A-42.75, inclusive, relating to the establishment of a Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement Fund of the City of Gadsden, which are in conflict with Section 36-27-6, are hereby repealed.