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AL Code § 45-49A-63.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 3 - Service.|Section 45-49A-63.41 - Military Service.

Section 45-49A-63.41Military service. (a) If a member shall have been absent from service as a uniformed officer because of service in the uniformed services of the United States and if he or she shall have returned to service as a uniformed officer having applied to return while his or her reemployment rights were protected by law, that absence shall not count as a break in service. (b) If the member who returns to service as a uniformed officer in accordance with subsection (a) makes the contributions that would have been required by Section 45-49A-63.102 had he or she not been in the uniformed services, his or her period of service in the uniformed services shall be counted as service. The member may make those contributions at any time within a period beginning on his or her return to service as a uniformed officer which is equal to three times his or her period of service in the uniformed services, but not longer than five years. For purposes of determining the amount of the member's contributions that would have been required by Section 45-49A-63.102, a member’s salary during his or her period of service in the uniformed services shall be deemed to be the salary he or she would have received for that period had he or she remained employed as a uniformed officer or, if that salary is not reasonably certain, his or her average salary for the 12-month period immediately preceding his or her service in the uniformed services. (c) For purposes of this section, the terms service in the uniformed services of the United States and uniformed services shall have the meanings given to those terms in Sections 4303(13) and 4303(16) of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, respectively.  (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §4(3.02); Act 2001-518, p. 922, §1.)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 4 - Eligibility for and Amount of Benefits.|Section 45-49A-63.60 - Retirement.

Section 45-49A-63.60Retirement. (a) Except as provided in Section 45-49A-63.66, a member who first became a uniformed officer prior to March 28, 1990, and who terminates his or her employment as a uniformed officer on or after he or she has 20 years of service, the last 10 years of service being without a break in service exceeding one year, shall have a nonforfeitable right to receive an annual benefit beginning on the first day following the later of his or her termination of employment as a uniformed officer or his or her 50th birthday. His or her annual benefit shall be equal to two and one-half percent of his or her final average salary multiplied by his or her years of service, but shall not be less than 50 percent, nor more than 75 percent, of his or her final average salary. (b) Except as provided in Section 45-49A-63.66, a member who first became a uniformed officer on or after March 28, 1990, and who terminates his or her employment as a uniformed officer on or after he or she has 20 years of service, the last 10 years of service being without a break in service exceeding one year, shall have a nonforfeitable right to receive an annual benefit beginning on the first day following the later of his or her termination of employment as a uniformed officer or his or her 55th birthday. His or her annual benefit shall be equal to the sum of (i) two and one-half percent of his or her final average salary multiplied by his or her years of service not in excess of 20 years, plus (ii) two and one-fourth percent of his or her final average salary multiplied by his or her years of service in excess of 20 years, but not less than 50 percent, nor more than 72 1/2 percent, of his or her final average salary. (c) For purposes of this section, a uniformed officer who has a break in service exceeding one year shall be deemed to first become a uniformed officer on his or her first day of service after his or her last break in service. (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §5(4.01); Act 2001-518, p. 922, §1.)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 4 - Eligibility for and Amount of Benefits.|Section 45-49A-63.64 - Cost-of-Living Increases.

Section 45-49A-63.64Cost-of-living increases. The board, after consultation with its actuary and other advisors, may from time to time grant such cost-of-living increases in the benefits being paid to all retired members, or certain classes of retired members, as the board deems prudent, but only if such increases would have no material adverse impact on the funded status of the plan.  (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §5(4.05); Act 2001-518, p. 922, §1.)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 4 - Eligibility for and Amount of Benefits.|Section 45-49A-63.66 - Forfeiture for Cause.

Section 45-49A-63.66Forfeiture for cause. Notwithstanding anything in the plan to the contrary, if a member shall at any time be convicted of a Class A felony or of an offense under any local, state, or federal law that would result in the conviction of a Class A felony in the State of Alabama, all benefits that would otherwise be payable to him or her under the plan shall be forfeited. However, he or she shall be treated under the plan as if he or she had died on the date immediately preceding the conviction for purposes of determining the benefit, if any, payable to his or her eligible family members under Section 45-49A-63.63 if he or she is convicted before his or her annuity starting date or to his or her beneficiary under Section 45-49A-63.81 if he or she is convicted after his or her annuity starting date. For purposes of this section, a Class A felony shall be a Class A felony as defined by the Title 13A, as in effect on the plan's effective date.  (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §5(4.07); Act 2001-518, p. 922, §1.)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 5 - Payment of Benefits.|Section 45-49A-63.80 - Benefit Payments.

Section 45-49A-63.80Benefit payments. (a) Benefits payable to a member under Section 45-49A-63.60, Section 45-49A-63.61, or subsection (a) of Section 45-49A-63.62 shall be payable in monthly installments beginning on the first day after the latest of (1) the day the member retires or terminates his or her employment, (2) the board approves the member’s benefit, or (3) the member has elected an optional form of benefit in accordance with Section 45-49-63.82; however, if a member’s benefit had not commenced by the later of the first day following his or her termination of employment as a uniformed officer or the April 1 following the calendar year in which he or she attains age 70 1/2, he or she shall begin to receive his or her benefit on such date in accordance with Option 1 in Section 45-49A-63.81 if he or she is not married on such date or in accordance with the 50 percent survivor benefit in Option 2 of Section 45-49A-63.81 with his or her spouse as his or her beneficiary if he or she is married on such date. Once a member elects an optional form of benefit, any benefits which would otherwise have been paid to him or her had he or she elected the optional form of benefit when he or she was first eligible to do so shall be paid to him or her in a lump sum, without interest and without any actuarial adjustment for the delay in payment. (b) If a member entitled to a benefit under Section 45-49A-63.60, Section 45-49A-63.61, or subsection (a) of Section 45-49A-63.62 dies prior to his or her benefit commencing under this section, a death benefit shall be paid on his or her behalf under subsection (a) of Section 45-49A-63.63 if he or she is survived by an eligible family member or under subsection (b) of Section 45-49A-63.63 if he or she is not survived by an eligible family member.  (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §6(5.01).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 5 - Payment of Benefits.|Section 45-49A-63.81 - Optional Forms of Payment.

Section 45-49A-63.81Optional forms of payment. (a) Any member entitled to a benefit under Section 45-49A-63.60, Section 45-49A-63.61, or subsection (a) of Section 45-49A-63.62 may elect to receive the benefit payable to him or her in one of the following optional forms: (1) OPTION 1. A pension payable during the member's life only with no benefits payable upon his or her death. (2) OPTION 2. A modified pension of equivalent actuarial value to his or her benefit determined under Option 1, payable during the member's life, and after his or her death payable at 50 percent or 100 percent, as the member may elect, of the rate of his or her modified pension during the life of, and to, his or her beneficiary. (3) OPTION 3. A modified pension of equivalent actuarial value to his or her benefit determined under Option 1, payable during the member's life, and after his or her death payable at 50 percent or 100 percent, as the member may elect, of the rate of his or her modified pension during the life of, and to, his or her beneficiary; provided, however, if the member's beneficiary predeceases the member, the member shall thereafter receive 100 percent of his or her pension for the remainder of his or her life and no benefits shall be payable upon the member's death. (b) If a member dies after his or her benefit payments have commenced, any payments continuing on to his or her beneficiary shall be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the member's date of death.  (Act 97-689, p. 1379, § 6(5.02).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 5 - Payment of Benefits.|Section 45-49A-63.82 - Election of Options.

Section 45-49A-63.82Election of options. (a) An election under Section 45-49A-63.81 shall be made in a time and manner determined by the board and shall be signed by the member and witnessed by a notary. (b) An election of an option under Section 45-49A-63.81 may be revoked and subsequent elections and revocations may be made, in a time and manner determined by the board, prior to the member’s annuity starting date. An election of an optional benefit shall be effective on the member's annuity starting date and may not be modified or revoked after his or her annuity starting date. A revocation of any election shall be effective when the completed form is filed with the board. If a member who has elected an optional benefit dies before his or her annuity starting date, the election shall be void. If the beneficiary designated under an option dies before the date the election of the option becomes effective, the election shall be void. (Act 97-689, p. 1379, § 6(5.03).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 5 - Payment of Benefits.|Section 45-49A-63.83 - Distribution Limitation.

Section 45-49A-63.83Distribution limitation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart, all distributions from this plan shall conform to the regulations issued under Section 401(a)(9) of the code, including the incidental death benefit provisions of Section 401(a)(9)(G) of the code. Further, such regulations shall override any plan provision that is inconsistent with Section 401(a)(9) of the code. The life expectancies of members and their spouses shall not be recalculated. (Act 97-689, p. 1379, § 6(5.04).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 5 - Payment of Benefits.|Section 45-49A-63.84 - Direct Rollover of Certain Distributions.

Section 45-49A-63.84Direct rollover of certain distributions. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this subpart, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the board, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover. (b) The following definitions apply to the terms used in this section. (1) An eligible rollover distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee, except that an eligible rollover distribution does not include any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments, not less frequently than annually, made for the life, or life expectancy, of the distributee or the joint lives, or joint life expectancies, of the distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of 10 years or more; any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Section 401(a)(9) of the code; and the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross income. (2) An eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account de- scribed in Section 408(a) of the code, an individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the code, an annuity plan described in Section 403(a) of the code, or a qualified trust described in Section 401(a) of the code that accepts the distributee's eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an eligible rollover distribution to the surviving spouse, an eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity. (3) A distributee includes a member or former member and the member's or former member's surviving spouse. (4) A direct rollover is a payment by the plan to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee. (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §6(5.05).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 6 - Contributions.|Section 45-49A-63.100 - Fines.

Section 45-49A-63.100Fines. The city shall pay into the fund monthly an amount equal to five percent of all fines and moneys, except costs of court, paid as a result of prosecutions for violations of ordinances or laws of the city during the prior month.  (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §7(6.01).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 6 - Contributions.|Section 45-49A-63.101 - Insurance Premiums.

Section 45-49A-63.101Insurance premiums. (a) On or before the first day of March of each year, each insurance company writing fire insurance on property within the city limits and its police jurisdiction shall pay to the city an amount equal to four percent of its gross premiums, including all renewal premiums, less return premiums, collected by the company on such policies in effect during the preceding year in the city and its police jurisdiction. The city shall credit one-half of this amount to the fund within 30 days of its receipt by the city. The remaining one-half shall be retained by the city and credited against the insurance companies' business license obligations. (b) Each such insurance company, on or before the due date of such payment, shall file with the city finance director a sworn, written statement showing the gross amount of premiums, including all renewal premiums, less return premiums, received on such policies during the preceding year. Any insurance company failing to file such statement shall forfeit to the city one thousand dollars ($1,000), to be recovered against such insurance company or its agents by suit brought in the name of the city. All such forfeitures and penalties shall be credited to the fund within 30 days of their receipt by the city. (c) If any insurance company fails to pay the fees required by this section within 30 days from the date the fees are due, the fees shall be increased by 15 percent for the first 30 days, or fraction thereof, that they are delinquent, plus interest at the rate of one percent per month; and shall be increased by an additional 15 percent for a delinquency of 60 or more days, plus interest at the rate of one percent per month. Nothing in this subsection however, shall be construed as authorizing any delay in payment, and the board or the city may file suit to recover the fees, penalties, and interest imposed by this section, with all such sums recovered becoming part of the fund. (d) For purposes of this section, fire insurance means any line which insures property against the risk of loss by fire, including homeowners' and vehicle policies. Where a policy issued has more than one type of coverage, the company shall pay only on that portion of the premium attributable to the fire coverage. (e) The contributions required by this section are separate and apart from any fees or taxes levied or assessed by the city and shall be in addition to any such fees or taxes. The city shall be responsible for collecting the fees required by this section.  (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §7(6.02).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 6 - Contributions.|Section 45-49A-63.102 - Member Contributions.

Section 45-49A-63.102Member contributions. Eight percent of the salary of every uniformed officer with less than 30 years of service shall be deducted from his or her pay and shall be transferred to the fund on a monthly basis. No amounts shall be deducted from the pay of a uniformed officer who has at least 30 years of service. Records shall be kept by the board showing the amount contributed by each uniformed officer. The uniformed officers’ contributions required by this section are mandatory. The contributions under this section are designated as member contributions; however, the contributions shall be picked up by the city and shall be treated as paid by the city in lieu of contributions by members in accordance with Section 414(h)(2) of the code. The member does not have the option to receive any amounts contributed by the city under this section in cash. If the city’s contribution to the plan under Section 45-49A-63.104 is zero for a plan year, the board may decrease the contributions by the members under this section pro rata during that plan year as determined by the actuary designated by the board under Section 45-49A-63.104 provided the sum of the amounts contributed under this section and Sections 45-49A-63.100, 45-49A-63.101, and 45-49A-63.103 shall be at least equal to the annual actuarial cost as determined under subsection (c) of Section 45-49A-63.104 for such plan year and the board finds the proposed reduction will not have a material adverse impact on the funding of the plan. (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §7(6.03).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 6 - Contributions.|Section 45-49A-63.103 - Donations.

Section 45-49A-63.103Donations. Any person, firm, association, or corporation may donate money to the fund and the board may take by gift, grant, devise, or bequest any money, personal property, real estate, or any interest therein or any right of property for the benefit of the fund. Any gift, grant, devise, or bequest may be absolute or in fee simple or upon condition that only the rents, income, and profits arising therefrom shall be applied to the purposes for which the fund is created. Any money or property donated to the fund pursuant to this section which is a gift, grant, devise, or bequest for which absolute ownership is granted to the fund shall be added to the fund to be administered by the board in its capacity as trustee. If any money or property donated to the fund pursuant to this section is not a grant of absolute ownership, then the board shall take such steps which are necessary to preserve its interest in such money or property, including the appointment of a trustee who may be paid from the income or corpus of the money or property.  (Act 97-689, p. 1379, § 7(6.041).)
AL Code § 45-49A-63.104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 4 - Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief System.|Division 6 - Contributions.|Section 45-49A-63.104 - City Contributions.

Section 45-49A-63.104City contributions. (a) The city shall contribute to the fund an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the annual actuarial cost for the plan determined as of each October 1 over (ii) all amounts contributed to the fund under Sections 45-49A-63.100, 45-49A63.101, and 45-49A63.102 during the plan year beginning on the date the annual actuarial cost is determined. The city's contribution under this section shall be paid to the fund no later than 18 months following the date as of which such annual actuarial cost is determined. (b) The city may make such additional contributions to the fund as it deems advisable to insure the fiscal integrity of the fund. (c) For purposes of this section, annual actuarial cost means the annual cost of the plan as determined by the enrolled actuary, as defined in Section 7701(a)(35) of the code, designated by the board using reasonable actuarial assumptions and methods which would meet the requirements of Section 412 of the code, where such annual cost is the sum of: (1) The annual actuarial normal cost. (2) The increasing annual payment required to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability as of October 1, 1996, within 30 years of that date, where each subsequent annual payment increases by four percent. (3) For determinations made on or after October 1, 1997, the level-dollar annual payment required to amortize the change in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to plan changes within 30 years of the October 1 coincident with or next following the effective date of the plan change. (4) For determinations made on or after October 1, 1997, the level-dollar annual payment required to amortize the change in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to assumption or method changes within 10 years of the October 1 coincident with or next following the effective date of the assumption or method change. (5) For determinations made on or after October 1, 1997, the level-dollar annual payment required to amortize the change in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to plan experience gains and losses within five years of the October 1 coincident with or next following the date as of which such experience gain or loss is determined, and further provided that such experience gains and losses shall be determined at least annually. (Act 97-689, p. 1379, § 7(6.05).)