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AL Code § 36-27-194 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-194 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer in System; Beneficiaries.

Section 36-27-194Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system; beneficiaries. (a) Commencing October 1, 2005, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 2004, administered by the Employees' Retirement System may receive an increase in benefits of four percent, except that no pensioner shall receive an increase of less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month, provided the retired employee retired prior to October 1, 2004, and the employer decides to come under the provisions of this article and fund the increase. (b) Commencing October 1, 2005, beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System pensioners shall receive an increase of four percent of their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month, provided the date of death for the deceased pensioner, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased pensioner was prior to October 1, 2004, and the local units elect to fund the increase. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §9.)
AL Code § 36-27-195 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-195 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer and Receiving Benefits Not Administered by System.

Section 36-27-195Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer and receiving benefits not administered by system. Commencing October 1, 2005, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 2004, from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System and is receiving a monthly benefit not administered by the Employees' Retirement System shall receive an increase of four percent of their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month, provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund and pay the increase. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §10.)
AL Code § 36-27-196 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-196 - Notification of Employers Who Have Withdrawn From Participation.

Section 36-27-196Notification of employers who have withdrawn from participation. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall make all reasonable efforts to notify any employer who participated in the Employees' Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation by August 4, 2005, that the cost-of-living increase provided for in Section 36-27-190 is available to their retirees and beneficiaries provided the employer elects to fund the increase. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §11.)
AL Code § 36-27-197 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-197 - Members and Beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-197Members and beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 2005, there is provided an increase in benefits to certain persons identified in this section who are currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2004, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees who are currently receiving survivor benefits if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased member or retiree was prior to October 1, 2004, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System shall receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of four percent of the current gross benefit. In no case shall the COLA be less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. The benefits provided in this section are limited to those retirees whose participation in the Employees' Retirement System was based on Section 36-27-6, and whose employer at the time of retirement was a local board of education or a state-supported institution of higher education. The benefits granted in this section shall not apply to any other participants in the Employees' Retirement System. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §12.)
AL Code § 36-27-198 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-198 - Persons Receiving Medicaid Benefits

Section 36-27-198Persons receiving Medicaid benefits Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid Program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided to retirees and beneficiaries by this article shall not be entitled to receive the aforementioned increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under the Medicaid Program and that person's eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided to retirees and beneficiaries by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid Program. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §13.)
AL Code § 36-27-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-200 - Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Those Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-200Amount of increase - Persons other than those whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 2006, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 2005, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in his or her gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (b) Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees, except where the deceased member or deceased retiree retired from an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, if the date of death for the deceased member, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased retiree for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System was prior to October 1, 2005, shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in their gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-201 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-201 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Elects to Come Under Provisions.

Section 36-27-201Amount of increase - Persons whose employer elects to come under provisions. (a) Commencing October 1, 2006, each person whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 2005, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, may receive a cost-of-living increase determined by the provisions used in Section 36-27-200, if the employer elects to come under this article. Any employer making the election to come under the article shall bear the cost of the cost-of-living increases paid to its employees pursuant to this section. Any employer participating under Section 36-27-6, may elect to come under this article at any time and have the article become effective on October 1, 2006, or on October 1 of any subsequent fiscal year and the employer shall not be required to pay the cost-of-living increase retroactively unless the employer elects to fund the increase. (b) If the employer elects to come under this article, beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees retired from an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, shall receive the same cost-of-living increase provided in Section 36-27-200, but the increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (Act 2006-510, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-202 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-202 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-202Amount of increase - Persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 2006, each person whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 2005, and who is receiving a monthly allowance or is eligible to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase as described in Section 36-27-200. Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees of employers participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in their gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §3.)
AL Code § 36-27-203 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-203 - Duties of Board and Employer.

Section 36-27-203Duties of board and employer. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under Sections 36-27-200 and 36-27-202, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the per centum rates of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid to the retirement systems. Each employer of members of the Employees' Retirement System shall pay on account of the increases provided in Sections 36-27-200 and 36-27-202 in the same manner and from the same source of funds as provided in Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-24, it being the intent of the Legislature that the cost of providing the increases in Sections 36-27-200 and 36-27-202 shall be determined from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §4.)
AL Code § 36-27-204 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-204 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer in System; Beneficiaries.

Section 36-27-204Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system; beneficiaries. (a) Commencing October 1, 2006, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 2005, administered by the Employees' Retirement System may receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in his or her gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in his or her gross monthly benefit, except that no pensioner shall receive an increase of less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month, provided the retired employee retired prior to October 1, 2005, and the employer decides to come under this article and fund the increase. (b) Commencing October 1, 2006, beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System pensioners shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in their gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit, except that the increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. The increases shall be granted provided that the date of death for the deceased pensioner, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased pensioner was prior to October 1, 2005, and the local units elect to fund the increase. (Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §5.)
AL Code § 36-27-205 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-205 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer and Receiving Benefits Not Administered by System.

Section 36-27-205Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer and receiving benefits not administered by system. Commencing October 1, 2006, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 2005, from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System and is receiving a monthly benefit not administered by the Employees' Retirement System shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in his or her gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in his or her gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. The increase shall be granted provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund and pay the increase. (Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §6.)
AL Code § 36-27-206 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-206 - Notification of Employers Who Have Withdrawn From Participation.

Section 36-27-206Notification of employers who have withdrawn from participation. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall make all reasonable efforts to notify any employer who participated in the Employees' Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation by October 1, 2006, that the cost-of-living increase provided for in Section 36-27-200 is available to his or her retirees and beneficiaries provided the employer elects to fund the increase. (Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §7.)
AL Code § 36-27-207 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-207 - Persons Receiving Medicaid Benefits.

Section 36-27-207Persons receiving Medicaid benefits. Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid Program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the aforementioned increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under the Medicaid Program and that person's eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid Program. (Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §8.)
AL Code § 36-27-208 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005.|Section 36-27-208 - Members and Beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-208Members and beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 2006, there is provided an increase in benefits to certain persons identified in this section who are currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2005, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees who are currently receiving survivor benefits if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased member or retiree was prior to October 1, 2005, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in their gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. The benefits provided in this section are limited to those retirees whose participation in the Employees' Retirement System was based on Section 36-27-6, and whose employer at the time of retirement was a local board of education or a state-supported institution of higher education. The benefits granted in this section shall not apply to any other participants in the Employees' Retirement System. (Act 2006-510, p. 1179, §9.)
AL Code § 36-29-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-29-2 - State Employees' Insurance Board; Procedures for Election of State Employee Members and Retired Members.

Section 36-29-2State Employees' Insurance Board; procedures for election of state employee members and retired members. The State Employees' Insurance Board shall consist of the members of the State Personnel Board, together with the Director of Finance, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, two members who are regular employees of the state and two retirees covered under the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan who are receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. The present ex officio officers named shall constitute the membership of the board hereby created, and their successors in office, by virtue of assuming such office, shall succeed to membership on the board. The two state employee members of the board shall be elected at the regular election for officers of the Alabama State Employees' Association as follows: At the expiration of the term of the existing state employee members of the board one state employee member of the board shall be elected for a two-year term and every four years thereafter, and the other state employee member of the board shall be elected for a four-year term, and every four years thereafter. Vacancies of the state employee members of the board shall be filled for the remainder of the term by special election of the Alabama State Employees' Association. The Chairman of the State Personnel Board shall serve as the Chairman of the State Employees' Insurance Board. The retired members shall be elected in a statewide ballot conducted under the supervision and direction of the board under such rules and regulations as are necessary to insure that all eligible retirees are afforded the opportunity to vote. The Board of Directors of the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association shall submit one nomination for each retired member position. The board shall determine the procedure for qualification of additional candidates which shall include but is not limited to the submission of a petition or petitions which shall include the signature of at least 50 eligible retirees. With the exception of the initial election, each position shall be for a term of four years. The initial terms shall be as follows: (1) Retired member Place Number 1 for a period of two years beginning November 1, 1985. (2) Retired member Place Number 2 for a period of four years beginning November 1, 1985. Any vacancy in the office of either retired positions shall be filled for the remainder of that term by the board from a list of three eligible retired members submitted by the Board of Directors of the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association. (Acts 1965, No. 833, p. 1564, §2; Acts 1971, No. 2392, p. 3816, §1; Acts 1983, No. 83-645, p. 1007, §1; Acts 1985, No. 85-642, p. 980, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-29-3 - Factors to Be Considered by Board in Design of Health Insurance Plan.

Section 36-29-3Factors to be considered by board in design of health insurance plan. The health insurance plan provided for in this chapter shall be designed by the State Employees' Insurance Board to provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical, and medical benefits to be included and the expected hospital, surgical, and medical expenses to be incurred by the affected employee and retiree and dependents and to include reasonable controls, which may include, but are not limited to, deductible, copayment, coinsurance, and other cost containment measures to prevent unnecessary utilization of the various hospital, surgical, and medical services available and to provide reasonable assurance of stability in future years for the plan. (Acts 1965, No. 833, p. 1564, §5; Act 2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §1.)