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AL Code § 36-21-188 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-188 - Prior Service Credit.

Section 36-21-188Prior service credit. Any firefighter who becomes a member of the fund and who thereafter leaves work as a firefighter and is drafted or enters directly into the Armed Forces of the United States and who returns to work as a firefighter within six months after he or she ceases to serve in the armed forces shall receive prior service credit for such service in the armed forces, not to exceed five years. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §9.)
AL Code § 36-21-189 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-189 - Retirement Annuity.

Section 36-21-189Retirement annuity. (a) Any member, at any time after reaching the age of 62 and completion of at least 25 years' qualified service, shall be entitled to an annuity benefit. (b) The amount of the monthly benefit shall be determined by the board in an amount recommended by the actuary for the fund. The benefit shall begin upon approval by the board on the date of the member's application for the benefits on forms provided by the board, but in no event shall the benefit begin prior to his or her termination of service as a firefighter. The benefits shall be paid for the life of the member, except as otherwise provided in this section. (c) Any application made pursuant to this section shall contain evidence satisfactory to the board of the date of birth of the member. If any member receiving retirement benefits reenters employment as a firefighter, the payment of retirement benefits shall be terminated as long as he or she is so employed. Upon termination of his or her reemployment as a firefighter, the benefits shall resume if, during the period of reemployment, he or she has made all required monthly payments to the fund. Any employment as a firefighter after the initial retirement and during which the payments are made to the fund shall be included in the computation of membership service for the purpose of determining further rights and benefits under this section. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, an active and contributing member of the fund may purchase service credit in the fund for prior service rendered as a full-time firefighter within this state which would have qualified at the time for membership in the fund. The prior service credit may be claimed within two years of joining as a member of the fund by making a lump-sum payment in the amount of the full actuarially determined cost for each year of prior service credit purchased as determined by the actuary for the fund. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §10.)
AL Code § 36-21-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-190 - Disability Benefits.

Section 36-21-190Disability benefits. (a) Any member who becomes totally or permanently disabled as a result of a heart attack or any injury received in the line of duty as a firefighter, not as a result of his or her misconduct, and who makes proper application to the board on a form supplied by the board and submits evidence satisfactory to the board of such total or permanent disability and the circumstances giving rise to its occurrence, shall be entitled to be paid benefits. The board may require that any applicant for benefits under this section be examined by one or more physicians on behalf of the board and at its expense. Failure of any such applicant to subject himself or herself to such examination shall be sufficient grounds for the board to deny payment of benefits under this section. Any benefit paid under this section shall be paid for a period of not longer than 24 calendar months as follows: (1) Seventy-two dollars ($72) per calendar month if his or her qualified service is not more than 35 months. (2) One hundred eight dollars ($108) per calendar month if his or her qualified service is at least 36 months and not more than 47 months. (3) One hundred forty-four dollars ($144) per calendar month if his or her qualified service is at least 48 months and not more than 59 months. (4) One hundred eighty dollars ($180) per calendar month if his or her qualified service is 60 months or more. (b) Any member disabled as defined in this section for a period of more than 24 calendar months shall be eligible for retirement benefits under this article if he or she meets the requirements of Section 36-21-189. (c) The account of any member not meeting the requirements of Section 36-21-189, who does not return to work after having drawn disability benefits for 24 consecutive months, shall be placed in an inactive status, not to exceed 36 months, with no further benefits or privileges. If the member returns to fire fighting as a firefighter within the 36 months and pays the dues required, all of his or her creditable service shall be restored prior to the date of disability. If the member does not return to fire fighting within the 36 months, his or her account shall be closed with no further rights or benefits. (d) Any member whose account is so closed who later applies for membership in the fund shall lose credit for all prior qualified service up to the time his or her account is closed and, upon approval of a new application, shall become a new member in the fund. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §11.)
AL Code § 36-21-191 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-191 - Death Benefits.

Section 36-21-191Death benefits. (a) Each member shall be issued a certificate by the board in which the board agrees to pay to a beneficiary designated by such member, upon death while an active member, and to be conditioned upon the satisfaction of all obligations of the member to the fund, a lump sum amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). (b) If any member is killed in the line of duty, his or her beneficiary or estate shall be paid all membership fees paid by the member. Such repayment of membership fees shall be in addition to the death benefit provided in this section. The board shall pay to the beneficiary of a member, upon death while an active member, a refund pursuant to Section 36-21-190. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §12.)
AL Code § 36-21-192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-192 - Appointment of Actuary; Action Upon Report; Liability for Deficiency in Payments.

Section 36-21-192Appointment of actuary; action upon report; liability for deficiency in payments. (a) The board shall appoint and employ an actuary to make an actuarial valuation every three years or earlier, if deemed required, of the receipts and income accruing to the fund based on age, expected mortality, disability, and retirement status of the members and the qualified service and membership service of members and to determine what percentage of the proposed payments, annuities, and benefits set forth in this article may be paid if the fund is to be kept on an actuarially sound and solvent basis. Upon receipt of the report of the actuary, the executive director shall present it to a meeting of the board which shall make adjustments of annuities and benefits, up or down, as recommended by the actuary. Any increase or reduction in benefits resulting from any actuarial study or from any subsequent amendment of this article shall be applicable to all persons then receiving such benefits, even though such persons had theretofore received benefits at a different rate. (b) In no event shall the board, the fund, the association, the order, or any member, officer, director, or employee of any thereof or the state or any subdivision thereof or any municipality therein be liable to any member or any beneficiary or any representative of any member or any beneficiary of the fund for any deficiency in payments made pursuant to this article and pursuant to any pro rata reduction of annuities or benefits. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §13.)
AL Code § 36-21-193 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-193 - Withdrawal From Fund.

Section 36-21-193Withdrawal from fund. Any member shall be entitled at any time to withdraw from the fund and, upon application for such withdrawal on forms supplied by the board and approved by it, shall be entitled to receive 90 percent of all amounts previously paid to the fund by such member. Any member who withdraws and receives such refund shall not thereafter have any rights with respect to the fund and may not thereafter be entitled to become a member except as a new member. Any member who ceases to be a firefighter may elect not to receive any such refund for a period of not more than 36 months. If within the 36-month period the person shall again become a firefighter, he or she may be reinstated as a member without loss of accumulated qualified service. If a member does not return to service at the end of the 36-months period, then his or her account shall be terminated and his or her fees shall be returned, thereby cancelling all his or her qualified service. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §14.)
AL Code § 36-21-194 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-194 - Semiannual Report of Executive Director; Annual Audit.

Section 36-21-194Semiannual report of executive director; annual audit. (a) The executive director shall make semiannual reports to the board showing the total amount of money on hand at the time of such report, all investments then held by the board and itemizing by classifications all receipts and disbursements since the last such semiannual report. (b) The Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall make an annual audit of the activities of the board for each fiscal year and make a complete report of the same to the Legislature. The annual audit shall cover all moneys received by the board and all expenditures made by the board during the period covered by the audit. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §15.)
AL Code § 36-21-195 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-195 - Effect of Modifications; Coverage for Retired Members Upon Return to Active Service.

Section 36-21-195Effect of modifications; coverage for retired members upon return to active service. (a) All rights, annuities, and benefits provided herein shall be subject to future change by the Legislature, and subject to future changes or revisions as provided in this article, and no current or future member or beneficiary shall be deemed to have any vested right in the fund or to any annuity or benefit provided in this article. However, when the board has approved a member's application for a retirement annuity or benefit and the member has actually received benefits pursuant to the board's determination for a period of two years, then the board's determination as to the member's years of qualified service shall be conclusive, and the board shall not thereafter arrive at a different determination except in the case of fraud or misrepresentation of any fact by the applicant. (b) Any member who is receiving retirement benefits and returns to active fire fighting shall be covered under Section 36-21-189. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §16.)
AL Code § 36-21-196 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-196 - Assignment, Garnishment Attachment, etc., of Benefits; Payment of Annuities and Benefits.

Section 36-21-196Assignment, garnishment attachment, etc., of benefits; payment of annuities and benefits. None of the moneys referred to in this article or any benefit or annuity payable under this article shall be assignable nor subject to attachment, garnishment, or judgment entered against any member or beneficiary. All payments of annuities and benefits shall be paid directly to the member or beneficiary. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §17.)
AL Code § 36-21-197 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.|Section 36-21-197 - Application.

Section 36-21-197Application. (a) The annuities and benefits provided for in this article shall not repeal or be considered to be in substitution for any other annuity or benefit provided for by law or any other retirement system, whether municipal, county, state, or federal. (b) Participation by a firefighter in any other program, plan, fund, or system shall not bar participation by such firefighter in the fund. (Act 2010-726, p. 1818, §18.)
AL Code § 36-22-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-1 - Bond.

Section 36-22-1Bond. Repealed by Act 2009-744, p. 2229, §2, effective May 22, 2009. (Code 1852, §680; Code 1867, §814; Code 1876, §726; Code 1886, §806; Code 1896, §3735; Code 1907, §5866; Code 1923, §10185; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 191, p. 203, §§1, 10; Code 1940, T. 41, §91; Code 1940, T. 54, §1.)
AL Code § 36-22-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-2 - Office.

Section 36-22-2Office. The sheriff must keep his office at the courthouse. (Code 1852, §688; Code 1867, §816; Code 1876, §728; Code 1886, §808; Code 1896, §3737; Code 1907, §5868; Code 1923, §10187; Code 1940, T. 54, §2.)
AL Code § 36-22-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-3 - Duties Generally.

Section 36-22-3Duties generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff: (1) To execute and return the process and orders of the courts of record of this state and of officers of competent authority with due diligence when delivered to him or her for that purpose, according to law. (2) To attend upon the circuit courts and district courts held in his or her county when in session and the courts of probate, when required by the judge of probate, and to obey the lawful orders and directions of such courts. (3) To, three days before each session of the circuit court in his or her county, render to the county treasury or custodian of county funds a statement in writing and on oath of the moneys received by him or her for the county, specifying the amount received in each case, from whom and pay the amount to the county treasurer or custodian of county funds. (4) To, with the assistance of deputies as necessary, ferret out crime, apprehend and arrest criminals and, insofar as within their power, secure evidence of crimes in their counties and present a report of the evidence so secured to the district attorney or assistant district attorney for the county. (5) To perform such other duties as are or may be imposed by law. (b) Any of the duties of the sheriff set out in subsection (a) or as otherwise provided by law may be carried out by deputies, reserve deputies, and persons employed as authorized in Section 14-6-1 as determined appropriate by the sheriff in accordance with state law. Persons undertaking such duties for and under the direction and supervision of the sheriff shall be entitled to the same immunities and legal protections granted to the sheriff under the general laws and the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as long as he or she is acting within the line and scope of his or her duties and is acting in compliance with the law. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 14-6-1, 32-7-23, and this section, nothing in Section 14-6-1 and this section shall serve as a bar to an individual's or entity's recovery under the uninsured motorist coverage of the individual or entity, or prevent an insured from being legally entitled to recover damages under the uninsured motorist coverage of the insured. (Code 1852, §690; Code 1867, §818; Code 1876, §730; Code 1886, §810; Code 1896, §3739; Code 1907, §5870; Acts 1909, No. 81, p. 107, §1; Code 1923, §10189; Code 1940, T. 54, §5; Act 2011-685, p. 2067, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-22-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-4 - Claims of Chief Deputies for Compensation for Services Performed Deemed Preferred Claims Against Counties.

Section 36-22-4Claims of chief deputies for compensation for services performed deemed preferred claims against counties. Claims of chief deputy sheriffs for services performed by them and authorized by law to be paid to them out of the county treasury are preferred claims against the county and shall be given the same priority as compensation of the members of the county commission. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 12, p. 7, § 1; Code 1940, T. 54, §4.)
AL Code § 36-22-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-5 - Conduct of Special Investigations and Preparation of Reports as to Alleged Violations of Law.

Section 36-22-5Conduct of special investigations and preparation of reports as to alleged violations of law. The sheriffs in their respective counties, whenever directed to do so in writing by the district attorney or by the Attorney General or Governor, shall make special investigation of any alleged violation of the law in their counties and shall prepare a written report setting forth what information has been obtained as a result of such investigation together with the names of such witnesses as have been secured with a summary of what can be proven by such witnesses, which report shall promptly after its preparation be presented to the official who directed the investigation and, if such official shall be the Governor or Attorney General, he may present it to any solicitor prosecuting criminal cases in the county. The sheriff of the county shall proceed promptly by himself or by a competent deputy of experience and fidelity to make such investigation when directed as aforesaid. (Acts 1909, No. 81, p. 107, §2; Code 1923, §10190; Code 1940, T. 54, §9.)
AL Code § 36-22-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-6 - Payment of Expenses of Special Investigations; When Investigations to Be Instituted by County Solicitors.

Section 36-22-6Payment of expenses of special investigations; when investigations to be instituted by county solicitors. (a) The expense of a special investigation when ordered as provided in Section 36-22-5 shall be paid from the county treasury, upon a warrant properly drawn. After the report is made, the sheriff shall file with the county commission a detailed sworn statement of his expenses accompanied by the written approval of the officer directing the investigations, and the county commission shall audit and allow only so much thereof as it shall find reasonably necessary unless it is approved by the Governor or Attorney General, in which event they shall allow the amount approved. The allowed expenses must be paid in each case from the county treasury upon a warrant drawn according to law. (b) Every district attorney shall direct the sheriff to make an investigation and report as provided in Section 36-22-5 when a written request to that effect setting forth the alleged violation of the law is presented to him signed by 25 reputable citizens of the county. (Acts 1909, No. 81, p. 107, §2; Code 1923, §10191; Code 1940, T. 54, §10.)
AL Code § 36-22-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-7 - Sheriff, etc., Justified in Executing Process Regular on Face and Issued by Competent Authority.

Section 36-22-7Sheriff, etc., justified in executing process regular on face and issued by competent authority. Whenever it appears that the process is regular on its face and is issued by competent authority, a sheriff or other ministerial officer is justified in the execution of the same, whatever may be the defect in the proceeding on which it was issued. (Code 1852, §2284; Code 1867, §2687; Code 1876, §3041; Code 1886, §2776; Code 1896, §1807; Code 1907, §5871; Code 1923, §10197; Code 1940, T. 54, §16.)
AL Code § 36-22-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-8 - Sheriff to Maintain Record Book as to Prisoners Received Into County Jail; Contents Thereof.

Section 36-22-8Sheriff to maintain record book as to prisoners received into county jail; contents thereof. The sheriff must keep, in his office and subject to the inspection of the public during office hours, a well-bound book, to be procured at the expense of the county, in which he must enter a description of each prisoner received into the county jail, showing the name, age, sex, color and any other distinguishing marks, together with the charge for which such prisoner is held, the order and date of commitment and the order and date of release. (Code 1896, §3740; Code 1907, §5872; Code 1923, §10198; Code 1940, T. 54, §17.)
AL Code § 36-22-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-9 - Execution of Process Required of Constables; Compensation and Liability Therefor.

Section 36-22-9Execution of process required of constables; compensation and liability therefor. The sheriff is authorized to execute all process which is required to be executed by constables and shall receive the same fees and compensation therefor as constables, except in cases of forcible entry and detainer and unlawful detainer, and he and his sureties on his official bond shall be liable for any abuse of the process that he may execute under this section. (Code 1876, §731; Code 1886, §811; Code 1896, §3741; Code 1907, §5873; Code 1923, §10199; Code 1940, T. 54, §18.)
AL Code § 36-22-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 22 - Sheriffs.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-22-10 - Maintenance of Record Book as to Executions or Orders of Sale Received by Sheriff Generally.

Section 36-22-10Maintenance of record book as to executions or orders of sale received by sheriff generally. Each sheriff must also enter in well-bound books, whenever any execution or order of sale is received by him, the names of the parties, the character of the process, the time of its receipt, the date of the judgment on which the same issued, if it appears from such process, the amount of the same, principal and costs, the court from which it issued and the name of the attorneys as endorsed thereon. (Code 1852, §691; Code 1867, §819; Code 1876, §732; Code 1886, §812; Code 1896, §3742; Code 1907, §5874; Code 1923, §10200; Code 1940, T. 54, §19.)