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AL Code § 45-37A-51.192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.|Section 45-37A-51.192 - City's Contributions.

Section 45-37A-51.192City's contributions. (a) The city shall pick up employer payment of required participants' contributions in lieu of salary or wages through a program and plan amendments relating to the city's employees meeting the requirements of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended. (b)(1) Beginning July 1, 1995, the contribution of the employer, excluding the board of health and employees of the board of health, shall be determined by the actuary of the board at the level necessary to fully fund the system. The actuary shall be required to make the determination for each actuarial year. (2) Beginning on July 1, 2017, the employer's total minimum rate of contribution into the fund, excluding the board of health, shall increase to 7.25 percent. (3) Beginning on July 1, 2018, the employer's total minimum rate of contribution into the fund, excluding the board of health, shall increase to 8.50 percent. (4) Beginning on July 1, 2020, the employer's total minimum rate of contribution into the fund, excluding the board of health, shall increase to nine percent. (5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subpart, beginning July 1, 2021, the employer, including all participating constructive subsidiaries, except the board of health, shall make a contribution into the fund in an amount to be determined by the actuary of the board each fiscal year at the level necessary to do both of the following: a. Fully fund the system based on his or her determination of the annual cost each fiscal year of the current pension benefits provided by the system. b. Amortize the unfunded accrued liability of the system over a closed period not to exceed 30 years, with the period commencing on July 1, 2021. (6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, the employer may increase its total rate of contribution above the minimum amounts previously listed in this subsection. (c) At the same time the deductions attributable to participants' contributions are paid into the fund, the city shall pay into the fund the amount of contributions the city is required to pay pursuant to this section. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. V, §3; Act 2017-251, §1; Act 2021-245, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.193 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.|Section 45-37A-51.193 - Health Department Payments.

Section 45-37A-51.193Health department payments. (a) The Jefferson County Department of Health shall pay into the fund from its general or otherwise appropriate funds its current service costs and its past service costs to be determined as of the date of the commencement of each fiscal year of the city as follows: (1) The actuaries shall determine the normal cost of the benefits provided by the system which are attributable to health department participants. (2) From the normal cost shall be subtracted the value of the health department participants’ contributions in the previous city fiscal year. (3) The remainder thus arrived at shall be divided by the total covered payroll of all health department participants as of the first day of the city fiscal year, the resultant percentage shall be called the current service percentage and the current service percentage shall be multiplied by the total covered payroll of all health department participants at the end of each payroll period to determine the health department’s current service cost for the payroll period. (4) The actuaries shall determine the single sum of unfunded accrued liability and shall amortize it from that date over a period of 30 years, attributing a ratable portion to the health department participants. (5) This unfunded accrued liability, as amortized over 30 years, shall be divided by total covered payroll of all health department participants, the resultant percentage shall be called the past service percentage and the past service percentage shall be multiplied by the total covered payroll of all such participants at the end of each payroll period to determine the past service cost for the payroll period. (b) During each fiscal year ending prior to October 31, 1981, the total contribution of the city shall have been not less than nine percent of total covered payroll determined under subsection (a). The amount by which such past service cost was reduced hereunder in any fiscal year of the city must have been paid by such city into the fund within the next two succeeding fiscal years of the city as an addition to past service cost as computed for the fiscal year in which such additional payment was made, except to the extent which the city had applicable credits under subdivision (2). (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. V, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.194 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.|Section 45-37A-51.194 - Contributions Previously Required.

Section 45-37A-51.194Contributions previously required. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, contributions of participant and the city in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this subpart shall continue to be deducted and paid into the fund until such time as the percentages provided for in Sections 45-37A-51.190, 45-37A-51.191, and 45-37A-51.192 are determined as therein required. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. V, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.196 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.|Section 45-37A-51.196 - Retirees of Firefighters' and Police Officers' Supplemental Pension System.

Section 45-37A-51.196Retirees of firefighters' and police officers' supplemental pension system. In the event of the retirement of a police officer or a firefighter from a supplemental pension system, as established by Subpart 1, with 20 or more but less than 30 years of credited service under the system, this system shall receive from the supplemental pension system each member's monthly contribution payments required to be paid from the supplemental pension system to this system from the police officer or firefighter's retirement date thereunder until the date he or she would have been entitled to retire under this system with 30 years of credited service had such police officer or firefighter continued to serve without retiring and without interruption as a participant in this system. The city shall then pay the employer's required contributions pursuant to Section 45-37A-51.192 from its general fund or other appropriate funds to the fund within 30 days from the date of receipt of the member's monthly contribution payments from the supplemental pension system. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. V, §7; Act 2021-245, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.197 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.|Section 45-37A-51.197 - Refund of Erroneous Contributions.

Section 45-37A-51.197Refund of erroneous contributions. In the event contributions shall have been deducted from an employee who is not a participant herein and shall have been paid into the fund, the deductions shall be refunded to the employee. Similarly, any contributions made to the fund by the city on behalf of the nonparticipating employee shall be refunded to the city. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. V, §8.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.198 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.|Section 45-37A-51.198 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Unclassified Service.

Section 45-37A-51.198Purchase of credit for prior unclassified service. (a) Any employee member having been a full-time employee in the unclassified service of the city, prior to January 1, 1989, as a common laborer for less than 10 years, shall have had the election options available under the terms of subsection (d) of Section 45-37A-51.162 and Section 45-37A-51.163 and shall have purchased time not later than May 15, 1989. In the case of reemployment of an unclassified employee, such employee with unclassified time prior to January 1, 1989, and having received a return of contributions at his or her termination of prior employment, may purchase this creditable service time as otherwise provided in Section 45-37A-51.195. The city shall pay an amount equal to the employee’s total cost of purchase for prior credited service into the fund for the city’s contribution for the period of service. (b) To receive credit in the system for such prior unclassified service, the employee member shall first have waived in writing all his or her rights to allowances or benefits under any retirement or relief system created only for unclassified employees of the city and shall have paid the amount into the fund within 60 days after date that this section becomes effective or that he or she becomes a participant; whichever of these periods last expires. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. V, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.199 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.|Section 45-37A-51.199 - Contributions of Constructive Employees of City.

Section 45-37A-51.199Contributions of constructive employees of city. Constructive employees of the city, excluding the employees of the board of health, who are eligible to participate in the plan under Division 9 shall pay the same contribution rate as employees of the city. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. V, §10.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.|Section 45-37A-51.200 - Contributions of Subsidiaries of City.

Section 45-37A-51.200Contributions of subsidiaries of city. Constructive subsidiaries of the city, excluding the board of health as set forth herein, the employees of which are eligible to participate in the plan under Division 9, shall pay the same contribution rate as the city and shall contribute to the plan as determined herein. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. V, §11.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.223 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 6 - Benefits.|Section 45-37A-51.223 - Participants Retiring Under the Firefighters' and Police Officers' Supplemental Pension System.

Section 45-37A-51.223Participants retiring under the firefighters' and police officers' supplemental pension system. With respect to participants who shall belong to and retire under the supplemental pension system established by Subpart 1 after having accumulated 20 or more years of credited service thereunder but prior to his or her having accumulated 30 years of credited service hereunder, benefits payable hereunder shall commence on the date on which such participant would have accumulated 30 years of credited service hereunder had such participant not retired but rather had continued in his or her employment with the city, without interruption, as a firefighter or police officer. The annual benefit thereupon payable herefrom shall be an amount equal to that which would have been payable under Section 45-37A-51.220 had such participant not retired but rather had continued in employment with the city, without interruption, as a firefighter or police officer. For the purpose of computing benefits, in the determination of the firefighter’s or police officer’s final average salary, the firefighter or police officer shall be deemed to have received as compensation the salary which was the basis of payments the supplemental pension system made to the system established by this subpart from the date whereon the firefighter or police officer retired under the supplemental pension system to the date whereon he or she begins to receive the pension payable under this section. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. VI, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.227 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 6 - Benefits.|Section 45-37A-51.227 - Determination of Disability.

Section 45-37A-51.227Determination of disability. (a) In order for disability allowances to be awarded under Section 45-37A-51.225 or Section 45-37A-51.226, the board shall first have satisfactory proof thereof by certification of such disability of the participant applying for disability allowance, the certification being made by a licensed and practicing physician or surgeon. Additionally, the board shall have the power to require further certifications of such disability by other practicing physicians and surgeons and shall have the power to require such additional proof of total disability as in its judgment it may deem necessary. (b) During the continuation of disability, the board may from time to time require further certification of disability by one or more licensed and practicing physicians or surgeons selected by the board and may require such additional proof of the continuation of the disability as it deems appropriate. (c) Should a former participant who has been awarded a disability allowance under Section 45-37A-51.225 or Section 45-37A-51.226 resume his or her active duty as an employee of the city, it shall be conclusive evidence of the termination of such total disability for the purpose of the system, and any subsequent cessation of his or her active duty on account of disability, whether by reason of the same or a different cause, shall be treated as a new disability. However, should a participant who shall have been awarded an extraordinary disability allowance under Section 45-37A-51.226 or is a claimant or prospective claimant therefor resume his or her active duty as an employee for a period not exceeding a total of 180 days last ending no later than 12 months following the date of the accident which gave rise to the disability for which he or she was awarded an extraordinary disability allowance, such resumption of active duty as an employee of the city shall not be deemed to be conclusive evidence of termination of such disability. Any provisions hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, no extraordinary disability allowance shall be allowed unless granted within 12 months after the accident resulting in such disability. The board, in its sole discretion, may choose to waive this one-year limitation and grant an application for extraordinary disability allowance if granted within 60 months after the application for benefits from incident resulting in such disability. (d) In no event shall disability allowances as provided under Section 45-37A-51.225 or Section 45-37A-51.226 be payable with respect to any period of time during which the recipient of such allowances shall be actively employed by the city, shall be due or shall have been paid any salary from or by the city. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. VI, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.229 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 6 - Benefits.|Section 45-37A-51.229 - Eligibility for Survivor's Benefits.

Section 45-37A-51.229Eligibility for survivor's benefits. (a) The surviving spouse of the deceased or participant described in Section 45-37A-51.228 shall be eligible to receive a survivor’s benefit. The next foregoing sentence shall apply to a spouse married to the retiree or participant at the time of such retiree's or participant's death, regardless of whether the marriage occurred before or after the retiree's or participant's departure from service. The surviving spouse shall continue to be eligible to receive the monthly survivor's benefit until he or she shall die or remarry, whichever shall first occur. If a survivor's benefit ceases because the survivor remarries, in the event the marriage is terminated by annulment, divorce, or death of the survivor's spouse, then on such termination the survivor shall be eligible to receive the survivor's benefits. (b) In the event the deceased retiree or participant should not be survived by his or her spouse or in the event the spouse should fail to qualify hereunder, a survivor’s benefit shall be payable to the child or children of the deceased retiree or participant. No survivor's benefit shall be payable to such child if married or over age 18, except that with respect to an unmarried child or children who shall continue to be a student regularly attending school, benefits shall continue to be payable until they attain age 23. The exclusion of a child over age 18 from the benefit shall not apply to a child who is an unmarried disabled child within the definition of disabled child contained in the sentence next following. As herein used the term disabled child means a son or daughter, regardless of age, who becomes disabled prior to attaining age 18 and afflicted with a medically determinable physical or mental impairment or impairments, by reason of which impairment or impairments the son or daughter has been unable, and continues to be unable, to engage in any substantial gainful activity. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. VI, §11.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 6 - Benefits.|Section 45-37A-51.230 - Service Connected Death Benefit.

Section 45-37A-51.230Service connected death benefit. Should a participant be killed in the line of his or her duty, there may be payable to his or her spouse and child or children a service connected death benefit which shall be determined as follows: (1) SPOUSE BENEFIT. The surviving spouse shall receive a monthly benefit equal to 60 percent of the monthly salary of the deceased participant and shall additionally receive an amount equal to 10 percent of the salary for each eligible child of the deceased participant. However, in no event shall the monthly benefit payable to the spouse hereunder exceed 75 percent of the monthly salary of the deceased participant. (2) CHILD OR CHILDREN BENEFIT. Should there be no surviving spouse or should the surviving spouse fail to qualify hereunder, there shall be payable to or for the benefit of such deceased participant’s child or children a monthly benefit equal to 60 percent of the deceased participant’s monthly salary as provided in Section 45-37A-51.229 (3) DECEASED PARTICIPANT’S MONTHLY SALARY. For the purpose of this section, the deceased participant’s monthly salary shall mean his or her final average salary except that with respect to a participant who should be killed in the line of service prior to having accumulated five years of credited service hereunder, it shall mean his or her monthly salary as of the date of injury which resulted in his or her death. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. VI, §12.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 6 - Benefits.|Section 45-37A-51.231 - Eligibility for Service Connected Death Benefit.

Section 45-37A-51.231Eligibility for service connected death benefit. (a) The survivors of the deceased participant described in Section 45-37A-51.229 shall be eligible to receive a service connected death benefit if they continued to be legally married on the date of the death of the deceased participant. Further, the survivor shall continue to be eligible to receive the monthly service connected death benefit until he or she shall die or remarry, whichever shall first occur. (b) Service connection death benefits attributable or payable to or on behalf of the deceased participant’s child or children shall only be payable with respect to such child or children who are both unmarried and 18 years of age or younger except that with respect to an unmarried child or children who shall continue to be a student regularly attending school, or unmarried and disabled children, benefits shall continue to be payable until they attain age 23. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. VI, §13.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 6 - Benefits.|Section 45-37A-51.233 - Death Prior to Retirement; Return of Contributions.

Section 45-37A-51.233Death prior to retirement; return of contributions. In the event a participant shall die prior to retirement and without a surviving spouse or children eligible for benefits hereunder, there shall be payable to the severance beneficiary, as defined in Section 45-37A-51.236, in an amount equal to the participant’s total contributions to the system, without interest, less an amount, equal to one-half the total of all disability retirement benefits paid to the deceased participant prior to his or her death, if any, to participant’s severance beneficiary. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. VI, §15.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 2 - Retirement and Relief System.|Division 6 - Benefits.|Section 45-37A-51.234 - Termination of Employment; Ineligibility; Return of Contribution.

Section 45-37A-51.234Termination of employment; ineligibility; return of contribution. (a) In the event a participant shall terminate or be terminated from his or her employment with the city due to disability and such participant shall cease to be eligible for participation herein or in the event such participant shall cease to be a qualified employee and shall elect to terminate his or her participation in the system, the total amount of participant’s contributions, without interest thereon, shall be payable to the former participant, less an amount equal to one-half the total of all disability retirement benefits paid to the former participant. This section shall not require a return of contributions to an involuntary retiree who elects not to withdraw his or her contributions pursuant to Section 45-37A-51.224 (b) In the event a participant shall terminate or be terminated from his or her employment with the city for any reason other than disability and such participant shall cease to be eligible for participation herein or in the event such participant shall cease to be a qualified employee and shall elect to terminate his or her participation in the system, there shall be payable to the former participant an amount equal to the amount of the participant’s contributions without interest, less one-half of any benefit payments which may have been made. This section shall not require a return of contributions to an involuntary retiree who elects not to withdraw his or her contributions pursuant to Section 45-37A-51.224. (Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. VI, §16.)