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AL Code § 36-27-122 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-122 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-122Amount of increase - Persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 1994, 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, 1994, 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 in the amount of one half the amount provided by the formula in Section 36-27-120. Retirees who chose Options 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the cost-of-living increase reduced by the same percentage as the reduction which occurred because of the option selected unless the designated beneficiary under the option is deceased on October 1, 1994, in which case the increase shall not be reduced. 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 be entitled to the increase the retiree has attained using the formula provided in Section 36-27-120, reduced by the retiree's option election factor. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §3.)
AL Code § 36-27-123 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-123 - Board of Control's and Employer's Duties and Responsibilities.

Section 36-27-123Board of Control's and employer's duties and responsibilities. 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 36-27-120 and 36-27-122, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the percentum 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 36-27-120 and 36-27-122 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 36-27-120 and 36-27-122 shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §4.)
AL Code § 36-27-124 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-124 - Notification of Employers Who Have Withdrawn From Participation.

Section 36-27-124Notification of employers who have withdrawn from participation. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System may notify any employer who participated in the Employees' Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation on March 18, 1994 that the cost-of-living increases provided by this article and Article 3A of this chapter, are available to their retirees and beneficiaries provided the employer elects to fund the increase. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §5.)
AL Code § 36-27-125 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-125 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer in System.

Section 36-27-125Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. (a) Any pensioner or beneficiary 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 on October 1, 1994 administered by the Employees' Retirement System, may receive an increase in benefits in the amount of not less than sixty dollars ($60) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) per month if the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund the increase, provided the pensioner retired prior to October 1, 1994. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any pensioner or annuitant of a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization who receives his or her monthly benefit from a source other than the Employees' Retirement System may receive an increase in the benefit of sixty dollars ($60) per month if the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization elects to fund the increase. Whether the aforementioned employer entity began participating in the Employees' Retirement System before or after the pensioner retired from service shall have no effect on the foregoing provision of this subsection. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §6; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-768, p. 52, §2; Acts 1996, No. 96-789, p. 1468, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-126 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-126 - Election by Local Administrative Unit.

Section 36-27-126Election by local administrative unit. Any county board, department, or agency responsible for the local administration of a program for a state board, department, or agency affiliated with the Employees' Retirement System on October 1, 1994, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any retiree or beneficiary who retired prior to October 1, 1994, if the local administrative unit elects to fund the increase. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §7.)
AL Code § 36-27-127 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-127 - Persons Receiving Medicaid.

Section 36-27-127Persons receiving Medicaid. 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 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. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §8.)
AL Code § 36-27-128 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-128 - Construction of Provisions.

Section 36-27-128Construction of provisions. The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to the retired members of the Employees' Retirement System. However, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent with this article are repealed to the extent of the conflict. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §9.)
AL Code § 36-27-130 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-130 - Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-130Amount of increase - Persons other than persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 1996, 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, 1996, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, and certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 1996, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System shall receive a cost-of-living increase of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month and the increase shall be more if determined as follows: (1) Two percent (2%) of the current gross benefit paid to the retiree and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees. (2) One dollar ($1) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or Option one. (3) One dollar ($1) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree's option election factor for each retiree selecting Options two, three, or four unless the beneficiary under the option selected is deceased on October 1, 1996, in which case the increase shall not be reduced. (4) One dollar ($1) per month for each year of service attained by the deceased member or deceased retiree reduced by the survivor's option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §5.)
AL Code § 36-27-131 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-131 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Elects to Come Under Provisions.

Section 36-27-131Amount of increase - Persons whose employer elects to come under provisions. Commencing October 1, 1996, each person whose employer participates 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, 1996, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, and certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 1996, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month and the increase shall be more if determined by the formula used in Section 36-27-130. Any employer may elect by July 1, 1997, to discontinue the cost-of-living increases paid to its retired employees and certain beneficiaries pursuant to this section effective October 1, 1997. Any employer participating under Section 36-27-6, may elect to come under this article at the beginning of any subsequent fiscal year and the employer shall not be required to pay this cost-of-living increase retroactively. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §6.)
AL Code § 36-27-132 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-132 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-132Amount of increase - Persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 1996, each person whose employer participates 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, 1996, and who is receiving a monthly allowance or is eligible to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, and certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 1996, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of not less than twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per month and the increase shall be more if determined as follows: (1) Two percent of the current gross benefit paid to the retiree and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees. (2) Fifty cents ($.50) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or Option one. (3) Fifty cents ($.50) per month for each year of service attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree's option election factor for each retiree selecting Options two, three, or four unless the beneficiary under the option selected is deceased on October 1, 1996, in which case the increase shall not be reduced. (4) Fifty cents ($.50) per month for each year of service attained by the deceased member or deceased retiree reduced by the survivor's option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §7; Acts 1997, No. 97-706, p. 1457, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-133 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-133 - Funding of Benefits.

Section 36-27-133Funding of benefits. The cost-of-living increase granted to certain retired persons under the Employees' Retirement System by this article may be financed, if possible, from existing funds of the Employees' Retirement System subject to the following provisions and conditions: (1) If the actuary for the Employees' Retirement System finds that the cost-of-living increase can be paid for the 1996-97 fiscal year from existing funds of the system without having a serious adverse actuarial impact on the system, beginning October 1, 1996, the Board of Control of the system may pay the cost-of-living increase provided in this article. It is the intent of this article as pertains to funding similar increases in the future, that the funding thereof shall be in accordance with the actuarial soundness requirements of Section 36-27-26. If the actuarial estimate of the cost involved in funding the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, as required by Section 36-27-26, is not received by October 1, 1996, but satisfies the above actuarial soundness condition when it is received during the 1996-97 fiscal year, then the cost-of-living increase shall be paid retroactively to October 1, 1996. (2) If the conditions in subdivision (1) are not met, the cost-of-living increase shall be paid beginning October 1, 1997, and the cost of this benefit shall be included in the amount certified by the Board of Control to be contributed by the state under Sections 16-25-21 or 36-27-24 or any other applicable law. The provisions of this subdivision shall govern and override any seeming or actual conflicts with other provisions of this section. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §8.)
AL Code § 36-27-134 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-134 - Notification of Employers Who Have Withdrawn From Participation.

Section 36-27-134Notification of employers who have withdrawn from participation. The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System may notify any employer who participated in the Employees' Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation on October 1, 1996 that the cost-of-living increases provided by this article and Act No. 93-604, 1993 Regular Session, and Act No. 94-232, 1994 Regular Session, as amended by Act No. 94-768, 1994 Special Session, are available to their retirees and beneficiaries provided the employer elects to fund the increase. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §9.)
AL Code § 36-27-135 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-135 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer in System.

Section 36-27-135Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. Commencing October 1, 1996, any pensioner 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, 1996 administered by the Employees' Retirement System, may receive an increase in benefits in the amount of thirty dollars ($30) per month if the monthly benefit is five hundred dollars ($500) or less; forty-five dollars ($45) per month if the monthly benefit is more than five hundred dollars ($500) but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000); sixty dollars ($60) per month if the monthly benefit is more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but less than two thousand dollars ($2,000); seventy-five dollars ($75) per month if the monthly benefit is two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more if the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund the increase, provided the pensioner retired prior to October 1, 1996. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §10.)
AL Code § 36-27-136 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-136 - Beneficiaries of Pensioners Formerly Participating in Retirement Program of Class 1 Municipality.

Section 36-27-136Beneficiaries of pensioners formerly participating in retirement program of Class 1 municipality. Commencing October 1, 1996, beneficiaries of pensioners formerly participating in a retirement program of a Class 1 municipality but whose benefits are currently administered by the Employees' Retirement System shall receive a monthly increase of fifty dollars ($50) provided the local public board elects to fund the increase. All other beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System pensioners shall receive an increase of twenty-five dollars ($25) per month provided the local units elect to fund the increase. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §11.)
AL Code § 36-27-137 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-137 - Election by Local Administrative Unit.

Section 36-27-137Election by local administrative unit. Any county board, department, or agency responsible for the local administration of a program for a state board, department, or agency affiliated with the Employees' Retirement System on October 1, 1996, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any retiree or beneficiary who retired prior to such entities participation in the Employees' Retirement System if the local administrative unit elects to fund the increase. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §12.)
AL Code § 36-27-138 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-138 - Persons Receiving Medicaid Benefits.

Section 36-27-138Persons 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 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. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §13.)
AL Code § 36-27-139 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 6 - Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996.|Section 36-27-139 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer and Receiving Benefits Not Administered by System.

Section 36-27-139Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer and receiving benefits not administered by system. Commencing October 1, 1996, any pensioner or annuitant 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 is receiving a monthly benefit not administered by the Employees' Retirement System shall receive a fifty dollar ($50) per month increase provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund the increase provided the pensioner retired prior to October 1, 1996. (Acts 1996, No. 96-572, p. 874, §14.)