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AL Code § 36-27-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3 - Cost-of-Living Increases - Date Prior to October 1, 1987.|Section 36-27-91 - Payment by Employer to Be Determined by Board of Control; Election by Employer Participating Under Section 36-27-6.

Section 36-27-91Payment by employer to be determined by Board of Control; election by employer participating under Section 36-27-6. (a) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under Sections 36-27-87 and 36-27-89 and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer the percentum rates of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid to the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall pay on account of the increases provided in Sections 36-27-87 and 36-27-89 in the same manner and from the same source of funds as provided in Sections 36-27-24 and 36-27-7, it being the intent of the Legislature that the cost of providing the increases in Sections 36-27-87 and 36-27-89 shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (b) No person whose retirement is from a unit participating under Section 36-27-6 shall be entitled to the increased benefits provided in Section 36-27-88, unless such employer elects to come under the provision of said section. Any employer making such election must bear the cost of 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 shall not be required to pay said cost-of-living increase retroactively. (Acts 1990, No. 90-522, p. 759, §5.)
AL Code § 36-27-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3 - Cost-of-Living Increases - Date Prior to October 1, 1987.|Section 36-27-92 - Effect of Medicaid Benefits.

Section 36-27-92Effect of Medicaid benefits. Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for such benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided herein shall not be entitled to receive said increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medicaid program and such person's eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided herein, shall not be entitled to receive said increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program. (Acts 1990, No. 90-522, p. 759, §6.)
AL Code § 36-27-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3 - Cost-of-Living Increases - Date Prior to October 1, 1987.|Section 36-27-93 - Construction of Provisions.

Section 36-27-93Construction of provisions. The provisions of this act 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; 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. 90-522, p. 759, §7.)
AL Code § 36-27-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3A - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1992.|Section 36-27-94 - Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System; Certain Beneficiaries.

Section 36-27-94Amount of increase - Persons other than persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System; certain beneficiaries. (a) Commencing October 1, 1993, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1992, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase determined by computing the sum of the following three factors: (1) One and twenty-eight hundredths percent of the individual's current monthly benefit, including all previous increases. (2) One dollar and twenty-eight cents for each year of creditable service in covered employment prior to retirement. (3) One dollar and twenty-eight cents for each year since the effective date of retirement or the date of death in the case where the employee dies prior to retirement. Retirees who chose Options 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the cost-of-living increase reduced by the same percentage as the reduction which occurred because of the option selected. (b) Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees, except where the deceased member or deceased retiree retired from an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, if the date of death for the deceased member, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased retiree for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1992, shall receive the cost-of-living increase in the amount attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree's option election factor. (Acts 1993, No. 93-604, p. 984, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3A - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1992.|Section 36-27-95 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Elects to Come Under Provisions.

Section 36-27-95Amount of increase - Persons whose employer elects to come under provisions. (a) Commencing October 1, 1993, each person whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1992, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, may receive a cost-of-living increase determined by the formula used in Section 36-27-94, if the employer elects to come under this article. Retirees who chose Options 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the cost-of-living increase reduced by the same percentage as the reduction which occurred because of the option selected. Any employer making the election to come under this article shall bear the cost of the cost-of-living increases paid to its employees pursuant to this section. Any employer participating under Section 36-27-6, may elect to come under this article at the beginning of any subsequent fiscal year and the employer shall not be required to pay this cost-of-living increase retroactively. (b) If the employer elects to come under this article, beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees retired from an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6 shall receive the same cost-of-living increase provided in Section 36-27-94, reduced by the retiree's option factor. (Acts 1993, No. 93-604, p. 984, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-96 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3A - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1992.|Section 36-27-96 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-96Amount of increase - Persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 1993, each person whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1992, and who is receiving a monthly allowance or is eligible to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase in the amount of one half the amount provided by the formula in Section 36-27-94. Retirees who chose Options 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the cost-of-living increase reduced by the same percentage as the reduction which occurred because of the option selected. Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees of employers participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, shall be entitled to the amount the retiree has attained using the formula provided in Section 36-27-94, reduced by the retiree's option election factor. (Acts 1993, No. 93-604, p. 984, §3.)
AL Code § 36-27-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3A - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1992.|Section 36-27-97 - Board of Control's and Employer's Duties and Responsibilities; Board May Notify Employers Withdrawn From Participation of Cost-of-Living Increases.

Section 36-27-97Board of Control's and employer's duties and responsibilities; board may notify employers withdrawn from participation of cost-of-living increases. (a) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under Sections 36-27-94 and 36-27-96 of this article, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer the percentum rates of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid to the retirement systems. Each employer of members of the Employees' Retirement System shall pay on account of the increases provided in Sections 36-27-94 and 36-27-96 in the same manner and from the same source of funds as provided in Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-24, it being the intent of the Legislature that the cost of providing the increases in Sections 36-27-94 and 36-27-96 of this article shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (b) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System may notify any employer who participated in the Employees' Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation on May 13, 1993, that the cost-of-living increases provided by this article and Sections 36-27-87 through 36-27-93, are available to their retirees and beneficiaries provided the employer elects to fund the increase. (Acts 1993, No. 93-604, p. 984, §§4, 5.)
AL Code § 36-27-98 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3A - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1992.|Section 36-27-98 - Certain Pensioners and Annuitants, Retired From Local Units Before Units Became Members and Receiving Benefits, May Receive Increase; Certain Local Units May Provide Increase.

Section 36-27-98Certain pensioners and annuitants, retired from local units before units became members and receiving benefits, may receive increase; certain local units may provide increase. (a) Any pensioner who retired from a city, town, county, or local board before the city, town, county, or local board became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is receiving a monthly benefit on May 13, 1993, administered by the Employees' Retirement System, may receive an increase in benefits in the amount of $60 per month if the city, town, county, or local board elects to fund the increase, provided the pensioner retired prior to October 1, 1992. For purposes of this section, a pensioner is a retiree who earned retirement in any public pension plan created by the Legislature or a political subdivision. (b) Any annuitant who retired from a city, town, county, or local board before the city, town, county, or local board became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is receiving a monthly benefit on May 13, 1993, administered by the Employees' Retirement System, may receive $30 per month if the city, town, county, or local board elects to fund the increase. (c) Any city, county, or local board affiliated with the Employees' Retirement System on October 1, 1993, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any retiree or beneficiary who retired prior to October 1, 1992, if the local unit elects to fund the increase. (Acts 1993, No. 93-604, p. 984, §§6-8.)
AL Code § 36-27-98.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3A - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1992.|Section 36-27-98.1 - Effect of Medicaid Benefits.

Section 36-27-98.1Effect of Medicaid benefits. Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid Program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under the Medicaid Program and that person's eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid Program. (Acts 1993, No. 93-604, p. 984, §9.)
AL Code § 36-27-98.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 3A - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1992.|Section 36-27-98.2 - Construction of Provisions.

Section 36-27-98.2Construction of provisions. The provisions of this article 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. However, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent with this article are repealed to the extent of the conflict. (Acts 1993, No. 93-604, p. 984, §10.)
AL Code § 36-27-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 4 - Additional Contributions of Part Time Legislative Employees. Employees.|Section 36-27-100 - Definitions.

Section 36-27-100Definitions. For the purpose of this article only the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) LEGISLATURE. The House of Representatives, the state Senate, the Legislative Fiscal Office, and the Legislative Reference Service office of the State of Alabama. (2) FULL TIME EMPLOYEE. Any person who has worked continuously for the House of Representatives, the state Senate, the Legislative Fiscal Office, or the Legislative Reference Service office of the State of Alabama for three or more continuous years. (3) PART TIME EMPLOYEE. Any person who has worked a minimum of 80 percent of the legislative sessions for a period of seven or more years, and who works a maximum of six months per year, for the House of Representatives, the state Senate, the Legislative Fiscal Office, or the Legislative Reference Service office of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1989, No. 89-800, p. 1600, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 4 - Additional Contributions of Part Time Legislative Employees. Employees.|Section 36-27-101 - Eligibility; Amount of Payment and Credit.

Section 36-27-101Eligibility; amount of payment and credit. Each part time employee of the Legislature of Alabama who is eligible and has elected to participate in the State of Alabama Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible to pay into the State of Alabama Employees' Retirement System up to one half or 50 percent of the amount of money the part time employee has previously contributed into the fund. Upon paying up to one half or 50 percent of the money the part time employee has previously contributed into the State of Alabama Employees' Retirement Fund, the legislative employee shall receive a credit proportional to his or her payment of up to one half or 50 percent in addition [additional] retirement credit in years and months from the State of Alabama Employees' Retirement System. Any employee may elect to pay an amount into the state Employees' Retirement Fund of less than 50 percent or one half of his or her total part time retirement contribution previously paid and shall then receive a corresponding percentage credit in years and months of service towards retirement. (Acts 1989, No. 89-800, p. 1600, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 4 - Additional Contributions of Part Time Legislative Employees. Employees.|Section 36-27-102 - Restrictions on the Purchase of Additional Retirement Time; Time for Payment.

Section 36-27-102Restrictions on the purchase of additional retirement time; time for payment. The election to purchase additional retirement time in Section 36-27-101 shall be restricted only to previous part time employment in the Legislature. The election to purchase additional retirement time shall be restricted to part time employees or present full time employees who were previously part time employees who are now presently employed by the Legislature. The eligible legislative employee shall purchase such time by paying the additional amount he would have contributed had he been allowed to do so when the service was rendered. The contributions made under Sections 36-27-101 and 36-27-103 and this section shall be made by June 1, 1990. (Acts 1989, No. 89-800, p. 1600, §3.)
AL Code § 36-27-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 4 - Additional Contributions of Part Time Legislative Employees. Employees.|Section 36-27-103 - Additional Payment and Credit.

Section 36-27-103Additional payment and credit. Any part time legislative employee who qualifies and chooses to pay into the State of Alabama Employees' Retirement System, beginning with the Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama in 1989, may choose to pay an additional 50 percent into the State of Alabama Employees' Retirement System and receive an additional 50 percent credit in months of employment to his or her credit, towards retirement. (Acts 1989, No. 89-800, p. 1600, §4.)
AL Code § 36-27-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-120 - Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-120Amount of increase - Persons other than persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 1994, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1994, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month and the increase shall be more if determined by computing the sum of the following three factors: (1) Two and one-half (2.5) percent of the individual's current gross monthly benefit, including all previous increases. (2) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each year of creditable service in covered employment prior to retirement. (3) One dollar ($1) for each year since the effective date of retirement or the date of death in the case where the employee dies prior to retirement. Retirees who chose Options 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the cost-of-living increase reduced by the same percentage as the reduction which occurred because of the option selected unless the designated beneficiary under the option is deceased on October 1, 1994, in which case the increase shall not be reduced. (b) Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees, except where the deceased member or deceased retiree retired from an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, if the date of death for the deceased member, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased retiree for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1994, shall receive the cost-of-living increase in the amount attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree's option election factor but the reduction shall not make the increase less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 5 - Cost-of-Living Increases — Date Prior to October 1, 1994.|Section 36-27-121 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Elects to Come Under Provisions.

Section 36-27-121Amount of increase - Persons whose employer elects to come under provisions. (a) Commencing October 1, 1994, each person whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1994, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, may receive a cost-of-living increase determined by the formula used in Section 36-27-120, if the employer elects to come under this article. Retirees who chose Options 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the cost-of-living increase reduced by the same percentage as the reduction which occurred because of the option selected unless the designated beneficiary under the option is deceased on October 1, 1994, in which case the increase shall not be reduced. Any employer making the election to come under the article shall bear the cost of the cost-of-living increases paid to its employees pursuant to this section. Any employer participating under Section 36-27-6, may elect to come under this article at the beginning of any subsequent fiscal year and the employer shall not be required to pay this cost-of-living increase retroactively. (b) If the employer elects to come under this article, beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees retired from an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, shall receive the same cost-of-living increase provided in Section 36-27-120, reduced by the retiree's option factor but the reduction shall not make the increase less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (Acts 1994, No. 94-232, p. 317, §2; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-768, p. 52, §1.)