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AL Code § 36-27B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27B - Preretirement Death Benefit Program.|Section 36-27B-3 - Payment of Benefits; Amount; "In-Service" Defined.

Section 36-27B-3Payment of benefits; amount; "in-service" defined. Upon receipt of proof satisfactory to the respective Board of Control, of the death of a contributing member, in-service, who had completed at least one year of contributing membership service; or of the death of a contributing member as a result of an injury arising out of and in the course of the performance of his duties regardless of length of membership service, in lieu of the matching amount equal to the accumulated contributions of the member not to exceed $5,000.00 payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 36-27-16(c)(2), (3) and (4) or Section 16-25-14(g)(2), (3) and (4), there shall be paid a death benefit equal to the annual earnable compensation of the member as reported to the retirement systems for the preceding fiscal or scholastic year as the case may be; provided that in the event of the death of a contributing member to whom such benefit is payable who has completed less than one year of contributing membership service said benefits shall be equal to the annual earnable compensation of the member at the time his death occurs. For purposes of this section, a member shall be deemed to be in-service on the date of his death if his death occurs not more than 180 calendar days after the member's last day in pay status, provided that he shall not have terminated employment, retired or made application for refund of his contributions. (Acts 1983, No. 83-616, p. 953, §3; Acts 1988, No. 88-548, p. 849, §5.)
AL Code § 36-27B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27B - Preretirement Death Benefit Program.|Section 36-27B-4 - Group Life Insurance Authorized as Death Benefit.

Section 36-27B-4Group life insurance authorized as death benefit. The Boards of Control are authorized to take such action as may be necessary to provide the death benefit under this section in the form of group life insurance upon determination that to do so would guarantee a more favorable tax treatment to the beneficiaries to whom such benefit is payable. (Acts 1983, No. 616, p. 953, §4.)
AL Code § 36-27B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27B - Preretirement Death Benefit Program.|Section 36-27B-5 - Certification of Decrease in Rate of Employer Contributions; Chapter May Become Effective After Resolution; Funding Program.

Section 36-27B-5Certification of decrease in rate of employer contributions; chapter may become effective after resolution; funding program. Should the actuaries employed by the respective Boards of Control certify a decrease in the rate of employer contributions as set forth in subdivisions (3) and (5) of Section 16-25-21 and subsections (d) and (f) of Section 36-27-24, the Boards of Control may by joint resolution declare the provisions of this chapter to become effective on October 1 next following the adoption of said resolution. Amounts sufficient to fund the provisions of this chapter shall thereafter be made in the same manner as the regular appropriations to the Teachers' and Employees' Retirement Systems, and shall be deposited in the fund established in Section 36-27B-2. (Acts 1983, No. 83-616, p. 953, §5.)
AL Code § 36-27C-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-1 - Legislative Intent.

Section 36-27C-1Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to make available to participants a defined contribution plan as described in Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, so as to enable the participants to conveniently and economically receive the fullest benefits offered by federal tax law as it relates to qualified defined contribution savings plans for public employees covered by a mandatory defined benefit public employee savings plan and participating in voluntary supplemental deferred compensation or tax sheltered annuity plans under Internal Revenue Code Sections 457 and 403(b) respectively. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-2 - Definitions.

Section 36-27C-2Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Control of the Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Fund. (2) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. An employer or other entity who compensates a participant for the public service. (3) FUND. The Public Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund. (4) PARTICIPANT. A person who elects to participate in the fund who makes voluntary employee contributions into a 457 deferred compensation or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan, who is not a public school employee and who meets any of the following requirements: a. Is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System. b. Is a member of the Employees' Retirement System. c. Is a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund. d. Is an employee of an employer eligible to participate in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6 which elects to participate. e. Is a public official or public employee of the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof. As used in this chapter, "public official" does not include a person holding an elected state or local office. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27C-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-3 - Fund; Creation; Board of Control.

Section 36-27C-3Fund; creation; board of control.  The Public Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by a board of control of seven individuals appointed by the Alabama State Employees' Association. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27C-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-4 - Operation of Board.

Section 36-27C-4Operation of board. (a) At its first meeting, the board shall elect one of its members as chair. (b) The board may adopt regulations necessary to implement this chapter. Regulations adopted are exempt from the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (c) The board may contract with one or more entities for the daily operation and investment of funds under this chapter. (d) The board may adopt one or more defined contribution plans as described in Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code if the board determines that doing so will offer substantial tax benefits to any segment of the participants covered under this chapter. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27C-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-5 - Investments.

Section 36-27C-5Investments. To the extent not in conflict with the Internal Revenue Code, all investments shall be subject to any limitations established and adopted by the board. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27C-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-6 - Participation.

Section 36-27C-6Participation. (a) Participation in this fund shall be voluntary under regulations adopted by the board and in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. (b) Any person who becomes ineligible for participation in the fund due to the termination of his or her employment with an eligible employer, or due to other reasons, may leave his or her vested accumulations on account with the fund. In that event, no further contributions may be accepted on the account of the person unless the person is reemployed by an eligible employer or again becomes eligible. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27C-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-7 - Contributions.

Section 36-27C-7Contributions. (a)(1) By September 1 of each year, the board, based on the funds appropriated by the Legislature for employer contributions to defined contribution savings plans for the ensuing fiscal year and the number of participants, shall determine the maximum amount of employer match contribution available for each participant. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require the Legislature to appropriate an employer match or any other monies to the Employee Savings Plan. (2) The employer match contribution as established in subdivision (1) shall be available to each participant in the plan and funded into the 401 plan established by the board for the participant. (3) The board shall make a similar determination for employees of any other agency electing to participate in a defined contribution savings plan under this chapter whose employees are not included within an appropriation for employer contributions by the Legislature. (4) Such agencies referred to in subdivision (3) may participate in the plan, subject to regulations of the board. (b) Each participant shall contribute elective deferrals deducted from the participant's compensation to a 457 deferred compensation plan or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan as the participant's contribution to a plan under this chapter. (c) The allocation of the employer contribution shall be made by a dollar-for-dollar match for the first dollars contributed by the employee, based upon the total number of participants divided by the remaining employer contribution. Each participant shall receive an equal matching amount to be determined by the board based upon an allocation of the remaining employer contribution divided by the number of plan participants. Such employer contribution shall not exceed the maximum employer match available for each participant as determined annually by the board. Appropriated funds not expended within a fiscal year shall roll over and carry forward for distribution by the board in subsequent years. (d) The participant's contribution, if any, and any employer's match contribution shall be transmitted to the appropriate entity under subsection (c) of Section 36-27C-4. The employer shall transmit such contributions during each pay cycle as established by the employer. (e) In addition to all other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made, there is appropriated from the Public Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund to the Board of Control of the Public Employees' Defined Contribution Savings Fund the sum of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. The appropriation made in this subsection shall be expended by the board for an employer match in accordance with this section. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §1; Act 2004-266, p. 368, §3; Act 2006-625, p. 1709, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27C-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-8 - Administrative Cost.

Section 36-27C-8Administrative cost. The administrative cost for the operation of the fund shall be provided through investment earnings or contributions to the fund. No additional state funds may be used to administer this chapter. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27C-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27C - Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Plan.|Section 36-27C-9 - Relation to Other Retirement Provisions.

Section 36-27C-9Relation to other retirement provisions.  Nothing in this chapter shall limit or otherwise lessen the State of Alabama's, current or future, obligation to fund the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund. The provisions of this chapter, in whole or in part, may not be used to allow a person otherwise covered under the Retirement Systems of Alabama to opt out or otherwise cease participation in the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund. The State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof may not substitute or cause to be substituted this Employee Savings Plan or any other defined contribution plan for the state retirement defined benefit plan that currently exists in the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund. (Act 2001-704, p. 1562, §3.)
AL Code § 36-27D-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27D - Public Retirement Systems.|Section 36-27D-1 - Forfeiture or Suspension of Retirement Benefits; Refunds; Liability.

Section 36-27D-1Forfeiture or suspension of retirement benefits; refunds; liability. (a) On and after May 15, 2012, any person who is an active or inactive member of the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund who has an accrued benefit shall forfeit retirement benefits upon a guilty plea, a plea of no contest, or a final conviction of a felony offense if that offense is related to or arises out of, or in connection with, his or her service in that public position, as declared by the presiding judge of the court in a United States federal court, an Alabama court, or the court of any other state of the United States, and the person shall be entitled to a refund of his or her retirement contributions and applicable interest. (b) A retired member receiving benefits, upon such a plea or conviction, shall have his or her retirement benefit suspended. In the event a retired member receiving benefits has not received retirement benefits exceeding the amount of his or her contributions and interest, he or she shall receive a refund of his or her remaining contributions and interest. (c) Officers and employees of the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, and the Judicial Retirement Fund are immune from any civil or criminal liability for any action taken pursuant to this section. (Act 2012-412, p. 1122, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-28-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 28 - Social Security for State, Municipal, etc., Employees.|Section 36-28-2 - Declaration of Policy.

Section 36-28-2Declaration of policy. In order to extend to employees of the state, its political subdivisions and of the instrumentalities of either and to the dependents and survivors of such employees the basic protection accorded to others by the Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance System embodied in the Social Security Act, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature, subject to the limitations of this chapter, that such steps be taken as to provide such protection to employees of the state and local governments on as broad a basis as is permitted under applicable federal law. (Acts 1950, 5th Ex. Sess., No. 48, p. 102, §1.)
AL Code § 36-28-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 28 - Social Security for State, Municipal, etc., Employees.|Section 36-28-3 - State Office for Social Security.

Section 36-28-3State Office for Social Security. There shall be a State Office for Social Security under the supervision of the state Comptroller. All employees of such office shall be subject to the provisions of the state Merit System. (Acts 1950, 5th Ex. Sess., No. 48, p. 102, §2; Acts 1951, No. 107, p. 331, §§1, 2; Acts 1953, No. 533, p. 740, §1; Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 76, p. 252, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 53, p. 1917, §1; Acts 1965, No. 763, p. 1372, §1; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-769, p. 139, §1.)
AL Code § 36-28-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 28 - Social Security for State, Municipal, etc., Employees.|Section 36-28-6 - Coverage of Student Employees.

Section 36-28-6Coverage of student employees. (a) Upon request of the State of Alabama or any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, the state Comptroller for Social Security is hereby authorized to obtain Social Security coverage of services rendered by student employees whose positions fall within any coverage group to which Social Security has been heretofore extended prior to September 15, 1961. The coverage of such additional student services shall be optional with respect to the State of Alabama or any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof and may be made retroactive to the extent permitted under applicable federal law. (b) After September 15, 1961, the state Comptroller for Social Security shall include the services of student employees when Social Security coverage is extended to any new or additional coverage group, unless the request of such additional coverage group for extension of Social Security coverage expressly excludes services of student employees. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 54, p. 1919, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 2007, §§1, 2; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-769, p. 139, §1.)
AL Code § 36-28-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 28 - Social Security for State, Municipal, etc., Employees.|Section 36-28-7 - Collection, etc., of Contributions of State Employees.

Section 36-28-7Collection, etc., of contributions of state employees. (a) Every employee of the state whose services are covered by an agreement entered into under Section 36-28-4 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage into the Contribution Fund established by Section 36-28-8 contributions with respect to wages, as defined in Section 36-28-1, equal to the amount of tax which would be imposed by Section 3101 of Title 26, U.S.C.A., if such services constituted employment within the meaning of that act. Such liability shall arise in consideration of the employee's retention in the service or his entry upon such service after November 1, 1950. (b) The contribution imposed by this section shall be collected by the state by deducting the amount of the contribution from wages as and when paid, but failure to make such deduction shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contribution. The persons or department preparing the payrolls through which employees covered by the agreement are paid shall make such reports to the state Comptroller as are deemed necessary upon forms supplied by the Comptroller. (c) If more or less than the correct amount of the contribution imposed by this section is paid or deducted with respect to any remuneration, proper adjustments or refund if adjustment is impracticable shall be made, without interest, in such manner and at such times as the state Comptroller shall prescribe. (Acts 1950, 5th Ex. Sess., No. 48, p. 102, §4; Acts 1953, No. 868, p. 1166, § 1; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-769, p. 139, §1.)
AL Code § 36-28-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 28 - Social Security for State, Municipal, etc., Employees.|Section 36-28-10 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations for Administration of Chapter.

Section 36-28-10Promulgation of rules and regulations for administration of chapter. The state Comptroller shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as he finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the functions with which he is charged under this chapter. (Acts 1950, 5th Ex. Sess., No. 48, p. 102, §8; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-769, p. 139, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29A - State Employee Injury Compensation Program.|Section 36-29A-1 - Compensation for Personal Injuries of State Employees, Etc.

Section 36-29A-1Compensation for personal injuries of state employees, etc. The Director of Finance shall have the authority to implement a program to provide compensation for employees of the state and its agencies, departments, boards, or commissions and members of the Alabama National Guard and Alabama State Defense Force while on active military service for the state who suffer personal injury as a result of accidents arising out of and in the course of their state employment or active military service, under such terms and conditions as the Director of Finance shall determine. The program will be administered by the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Finance, and will take effect on October 1, 1994. (Acts 1994, No. 94-680, p. 1308, §1; Act 2012-333, p. 789, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29A - State Employee Injury Compensation Program.|Section 36-29A-2 - Costs.

Section 36-29A-2Costs. The costs of the program and its administration shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the operation of the several state departments, agencies, boards and commissions, to which the Director of Finance may apportion the costs. Medical costs may be managed by cooperative agreement with the State Employees' Insurance Board. (Acts 1994, No. 94-680, p. 1308, §2.)
AL Code § 36-29A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29A - State Employee Injury Compensation Program.|Section 36-29A-3 - Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

Section 36-29A-3Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund. There is hereby established a separate special trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund. All receipts collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in this fund and used only to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Any funds unspent and unencumbered at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund in the State Treasury but shall be carried forward to the succeeding fiscal year. All funds in the Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund may be invested and reinvested by the Director of Finance, through the Division of Risk Management, under the same terms as apply to the State Insurance Fund. There is hereby appropriated from the Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund such amounts as are necessary to pay claims, benefits, administrative costs, and all other costs of the program. (Acts 1994, No. 94-680, p. 1308, §3.)