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AL Code § 36-27-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-13 - Granting of Credit for Years Served as Member of Legislature; Maximum Credit; Payment of Employee's Contribution; Applicability of Provisions of Section.

Section 36-27-13Granting of credit for years served as member of Legislature; maximum credit; payment of employee's contribution; applicability of provisions of section. (a) Any person who, as of September 20, 1971, is a regular employee of the State of Alabama and is covered or eligible to be covered under the state Employees' Retirement System and who, prior to such regular employment, served as a member of the Legislature shall have credited to him one year of creditable service for each year served as such legislator not to exceed eight years; provided, that such person shall pay into the retirement system the employee's part of the cost or contribution based on the salary and expenses paid to such person during the time of his legislative service, with such cost or contribution to be calculated at the percent or rate in effect on September 20, 1971. (b) This section shall apply only to those persons who, at the time of their retirement, have 10 or more creditable years of service under the state retirement system, which 10 years shall be exclusive of the years earned as a legislator. (c) The employee's contribution for the years of legislative service shall be paid by such employee within 60 days after he shall have completed the 10 years of employment as set out in subsection (b) of this section. (Acts 1971, No. 1950, p. 3167, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-14 - Granting of Credit for Service as Officer or Subordinate Officer of Legislature; Maximum Credit; Payment of Employee's Contribution; Applicability of Provisions of Section.

Section 36-27-14Granting of credit for service as officer or subordinate officer of Legislature; maximum credit; payment of employee's contribution; applicability of provisions of section. (a) Any person who, as of September 18, 1973, is a regular employee of the State of Alabama and is covered or eligible to be covered under the state Employees' Retirement System and who is also an officer or subordinate officer of the Legislature of Alabama shall have credited to him one half year of creditable service for each legislative session in which such person was employed prior to becoming a regular employee of the State of Alabama, not to exceed eight years in the aggregate; provided, that such person shall pay into the retirement system the employee's part of the cost or contribution based on the salary such person received as a legislative employee, such cost or contribution to be calculated at the percentage or rate in effect at the time on September 18, 1973. (b) This section shall apply only to those persons at the time of their retirement who have 20 or more creditable years of service under the state retirement system. (c) The employee's contribution for prior years of service shall be paid by such employee within 90 days after September 18, 1973. (Acts 1973, No. 1143, p. 1929, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-15 - Granting of Credit for Service as Elected Official of State or Department Head; Maximum Credit; Payment of Employee's Contribution; Applicability of Provisions of Section.

Section 36-27-15Granting of credit for service as elected official of state or department head; maximum credit; payment of employee's contribution; applicability of provisions of section. (a) Any person who, as of September 5, 1973, is covered or is eligible to be covered under the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama and who, prior to such coverage or eligibility for coverage, served as an elective official of the state government or a department head authorized to exercise sovereign power of the state shall have credited to him one year of creditable service for each year served as such elected official or department head, not to exceed eight years; provided, that such person shall pay into the retirement system the employee's part of the cost or contribution based on the salary paid to such person during the time of his service as an elected official or department head, with such cost or contribution to be calculated at the percent or rate in effect on September 5, 1973. (b) This section shall apply only to those persons who, at the time of their retirement, have sufficient creditable years of service under the Employees' Retirement System to equal 10 years inclusive of the years earned as an elected official or department head. (c) The employee's contribution for the years of service as an elected official or department head shall be paid by such employee within 60 days after he shall have completed the necessary years of employment as set out in subsection (b) of this section; except, that should said employee have completed the necessary years of service as set out in subsection (b) of this section, he then shall pay said contribution within 60 days after September 5, 1973. (Acts 1973, No. 817, p. 1282, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-15.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-15.1 - Granting of Credit for Service With National Youth Administration; Payment of Employee's Contribution.

Section 36-27-15.1Granting of credit for service with National Youth Administration; payment of employee's contribution. (a) Any person who served two or more years with the National Youth Administration, hereinafter referred to as N.Y.A., during the time period from December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946, and who is otherwise eligible for participation within the state retirement system, shall be entitled to have the time actually served with the N.Y.A. credited as state service for retirement purposes, upon the contribution of certain amounts, as provided in subsection (b) of this section, into the State Retirement System Fund. (b) Any person described in subsection (a) of this section entitled to have said N.Y.A. service credited as state service within the state retirement system shall contribute an amount equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service credit, as determined by the system's actuary. (Acts 1977, No. 634, p. 943, §§1, 2; Act 98-385, p. 732, §7.)
AL Code § 36-27-16.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-16.1 - Cancellation of Survivor Allowance.

Section 36-27-16.1Cancellation of survivor allowance. (a) Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama or the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama who is retired and who has selected a survivor option may cancel the survivor allowance payable to his designated beneficiary. Such election shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Control and once made by the member shall be irrevocable. Any member who so elects to cancel a survivor allowance shall designate such new beneficiary as he shall nominate to receive a pro rata payment for the number of days said member shall live during the month of his death. Any cancellation of a survivor allowance under the provisions of this section shall be irrevocable by the member and payment of the pro rata amount for the number of days said member lives during the month of his death shall be in lieu of any other benefits heretofore payable under the provisions of the teachers' retirement law or the employees' retirement law. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental and are not intended to repeal any provisions of law not directly inconsistent therewith; however, to the extent such existing laws conflict with this section they are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-759, p. 231, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-27-16.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-16.2 - Nomination of Recipient of Surviving Spouse Benefits Prior to Date of Retirement.

Section 36-27-16.2Nomination of recipient of surviving spouse benefits prior to date of retirement. (a) Any provision to the contrary, notwithstanding, any member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama or the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama who shall have attained the service requirements for surviving spouse benefits may nominate such person as he may desire to receive any benefits payable on account of said member's death prior to his date of retirement. Such nomination shall be made in writing, duly executed and filed with the respective Board of Control pursuant to such rules and regulations as said board shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (b) This section is cumulative and shall not be construed to supersede or repeal any provision of law not in direct conflict therewith. (Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-44, p. 68, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-27-16.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-16.3 - Effective Date of Benefits; Additional Costs of Benefits; Employers Agreeing to Come Under Provisions.

Section 36-27-16.3Effective date of benefits; additional costs of benefits; employers agreeing to come under provisions. The benefits provided by Sections 16-25-14(a), 16-25-14(g), 36-27-16(a), 36-27-16(c) and 36-27B-3, as amended by amendment of May 5, 1988, shall become effective to the Teachers' and Employees' Retirement System the first day of the month next following certification by the systems' actuary, which shall be adopted by the Board of Control of the Teachers' and Employees' Retirement System, that the system can absorb the additional costs of the benefits herein provided for the upcoming fiscal year without increasing the employer contribution as set forth in subdivision (3) and (5) of Section 16-25-21 and subsections (d) and (f) of Section 36-27-24, provided further in the case of an employer participating pursuant to Section 36-27-6, the provisions of said sections relating to the Employees' Retirement System as amended by said amendment of May 5, 1988, with respect to the employees of such employer, shall become effective the first of the month next following adoption of a resolution by the employer agreeing to come under the provisions of said amendment and further agreeing to assume the cost of benefits provided therein with regards to its employees. It is further provided and expressly understood with respect to the foregoing conditions that any increase in the employer cost rate which is appropriated in a special cost of living increase for retired employees shall not be considered when determining the employer cost rate for purposes of this section. (Acts 1988, No. 88-548, p. 849, §7.)
AL Code § 36-27-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-17 - Redetermination of Allowances Due on or After October 1, 1975.

Section 36-27-17Redetermination of allowances due on or after October 1, 1975. (a) All retirement allowance payments due on or after October 1, 1975, to members who retired prior to said date shall be redetermined as if the provisions of Acts 1975, No. 1103, amending Section 36-27-1, were in effect at the time the member retired; provided, that the annual retirement allowance of any member not employed as a state policeman who retired on or before January 1, 1956, shall not be less than $79.20 multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service not in excess of 30 years, in the case of service retirement, or $59.40 multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service not in excess of 30 years, in the case of disability retirement. Any increase provided in the retirement allowance payment under this section for a member who retired under the provisions of any optional benefit elected pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 36-27-16 shall accrue only to the retired member, and no person designated to receive any payments after the death of a retired member under the provisions of any such optional benefit shall receive any increase in such payments under this section. (b) Prior to October 31, 1975, any beneficiary may elect to leave on deposit with the system all or a specified part of any increase in his monthly retirement allowance payments arising in accordance with subsection (a) of this section over the monthly allowance which he was receiving prior to October 1, 1975. The portion of each monthly payment left in the system in accordance with such election shall be credited, together with regular interest thereon, to the individual account of such beneficiary. Upon the death of such beneficiary, the total amount standing to his credit, including regular interest to the date of death, shall be paid in a lump sum to his legal representatives or to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Board of Control. (Acts 1975, No. 1103, p. 2176, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-18 - Retirement With Not Less Than 30 Years' Creditable Service.

Section 36-27-18Retirement with not less than 30 years' creditable service. (a) In addition to any law or part of any law relating to service retirement under the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, any member of the Employees' Retirement System who withdraws from service after the completion of not less than 30 years of creditable service may retire without a reduction in retirement allowance upon written application to the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System setting forth the first day of which month, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he desires to be retired. (b) All retirement allowance payments due on or after January 1, 1976, to members of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama who retired prior to said date shall be redetermined as if the provisions of this section were in effect at the time they retired; provided, that any increase in the retirement allowance payment for a member who retired under the provisions of any optional benefit elected pursuant to Acts 1945, No. 515, as amended, shall accrue only to the retired member, and no person designated to receive any payments after the death of a retired member under the provisions of any such optional benefit shall receive any increase in such payment. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 66, p. 2680, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-21 - Increase in Maximum Retirement Allowance of Certain State, etc., Employees - 1975 15 Percent Increase.

Section 36-27-21Increase in maximum retirement allowance of certain state, etc., employees - 1975 15 percent increase. (a) Any pensioner and any retired member and any member who retires after June 1, 1975, under the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama whose maximum retirement allowance is based on the minimum guarantee and whose maximum retirement allowance, after taking into account the reduction of certain retirement allowances by the repeal of Act No. 1070 of the 1973 Acts, is not increased in the amount of 15 percent by the 15 percent formula increase provided by the 1975 amendment of Section 36-27-16, is hereby provided, on or after October 1, 1975, an increase in his maximum retirement allowance which shall be sufficient to equal an increase in his maximum retirement allowance of 15 percent. (b) The funds necessary to pay the increase in retirement allowances described in subsection (a) of this section to employees who participated in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-6 shall be provided by the employer participating under said Section 36-27-6. (c) There is hereby appropriated annually from the funds from which salaries are paid the amounts sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section. In the case of those departments supported wholly by transfers from other state funds, there is hereby appropriated from the supportive funds such additional amounts as may be necessary to pay the employer contribution of each department so supported in the same proportion as the other state funds contribute to the support and maintenance of such department. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 135, p. 359, §§3, 5.)
AL Code § 36-27-21.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-21.6 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirees of Public Hospitals or Related Facilities Formerly Existing in County and Not Participating in Retirement System.

Section 36-27-21.6Cost-of-living increases for retirees of public hospitals or related facilities formerly existing in county and not participating in retirement system. (a) The county commission of any county, by resolution duly adopted to conform to rules of the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, may elect to provide any heretofore or hereafter authorized cost-of-living increases in the retirement benefits paid by the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama to retirees of any public hospital or related facility which heretofore existed in the county, but which is now defunct, dissolved, transferred, reincorporated, consolidated with another public or quasi-public organization, or for any other reason is not participating in the Employees' Retirement System. For purposes of this section, the county shall be deemed to have been the employer of such retirees of the public hospital or related facility and shall provide the funds necessary to pay the increase in retirement allowances described in this section. (b) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowances as provided under subsection (a) of this section and shall notify the county of the amount required to be paid to the Employees' Retirement System. Such amounts shall be paid monthly or as designated by the Board of Control to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama by the county providing such increases under subsection (a) of this section. (c) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall administer all the benefits provided by this section under such rules and regulations as the said Board of Control may adopt, not inconsistent with this section. (Acts 1989, No. 89-949, p. 1871, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 36-27-21.7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-21.7 - Cost-of-Living Increases to Certain Retirees Whose Retirement Is Based on Employer Participation Under Section 36-27-6; Amounts; Election by Employer; Construction of Section.

Section 36-27-21.7Cost-of-living increases to certain retirees whose retirement is based on employer participation under Section 36-27-6; amounts; election by employer; construction of section. (a) There is hereby provided, to each pensioner, annuitant and retiree of any retirement plan other than the Employees' Retirement System whose retirement is based upon service to an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System under Section 36-27-6, and whose effective date of retirement is prior to October 1, 1989, a cost-of-living increase of ten percent of his current monthly benefit; provided, however, such increase shall not be less than $20.00 nor more than $50.00 per month. (b) There is hereby provided, to each pensioner whose retirement is based upon service to an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System under Section 36-27-6, but who retired prior to such employer's participation in the said Employees' Retirement System and who receives a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System a cost-of-living increase of ten percent of his current monthly benefit; provided, however, such increase shall not be less than $20.00 nor more than $50.00 per month. (c) No person whose retirement is from a unit participating under Section 36-27-6, shall be entitled to the increased benefits provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section unless such employee elects to come under the provisions of this section. Any employer making such election must bear the cost of the cost-of-living increases paid to its former employees pursuant to this section. Any employer participating under Section 36-27-6 may elect to come under the provisions of this section at the beginning of any subsequent fiscal year and such employer may not be required to pay said cost-of-living increase retroactively. (d) The provisions of this section 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 of Alabama; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent therewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. (Acts 1990, No. 90-301, p. 411, §§ 1-4.)
AL Code § 36-27-21.8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-21.8 - Cost-of-Living Increases to Retirees of Quasi-Public or Private Hospital Which Was Previously Public Hospital.

Section 36-27-21.8Cost-of-living increases to retirees of quasi-public or private hospital which was previously public hospital. (a) The governing body of any quasi-public or private hospital which was previously a public hospital is hereby authorized to give cost-of-living increases to any retiree of the Employees' Retirement System who was employed by any such hospital when it was a public hospital and who was a member of the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6 during such employment. Such cost-of-living increases may be given whether present employees of the quasi-public or private hospital are participating members of the Employees' Retirement System or not. (b) The cost-of-living increases authorized by subsection (a) of this section may be granted from any foundation or trust funds which were established for health and related purposes from the residual earnings of hospital activities during the time the hospital was a public facility. (Acts 1990, No. 90-534, p. 836, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-27-21.9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-27-21.9 - Cost-of-Living Increases to Retirees of Public Hospital Which Has Withdrawn From Participation.

Section 36-27-21.9Cost-of-living increases to retirees of public hospital which has withdrawn from participation. Any public hospital which has withdrawn from participation in the Employees' Retirement System is hereby authorized to pay any cost-of-living increases granted by law, including but not limited to the 1985 and 1988 cost-of-living increases, to any retiree of the Employees' Retirement System who was employed by any such public hospital and who was a member of the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6 during such employment. (Acts 1990, No. 90-534, p. 836, §3.)