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AL Code § 36-27-157 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 8 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2000.|Section 36-27-157 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer and Receiving Benefits Not Administered by System.

Section 36-27-157Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer and receiving benefits not administered by system. Commencing October 1, 2000, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 2000, from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System and is receiving a monthly benefit not administered by the Employees' Retirement System shall receive a twenty-five dollar ($25) per month increase provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund the increase. (Act 2000-809, p. 1921, § 8.)
AL Code § 36-27-158 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 8 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2000.|Section 36-27-158 - Eligibility of Retirees; Notification of Increase.

Section 36-27-158Eligibility of retirees; notification of increase. (a) Any city-county-public agency employee eligible for retirement, who retires after July 1, 2000, and before October 1, 2000, shall be eligible to receive the aforementioned increase at the option of the appropriate local government or public agency. The local government or public agency may provide for the increase to become effective on October 1, 2000, or any October 1 thereafter, provided the local government or public agency has approved the increase for retirees and beneficiaries of record on the first of July 2000. (b) The Employees' Retirement System may notify the appropriate local government or agency regarding the names and costs of granting the increase to their employees who retire after July 1 and before October 1, 2000. (Act 2000-809, p. 1921, § 9.)
AL Code § 36-27-159 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 8 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2000.|Section 36-27-159 - Election by Local Administrative Unit.

Section 36-27-159Election by local administrative unit.  Any county board, department, or agency responsible for the local administration of a program for a state board, department, or agency affiliated with the Employees' Retirement System on October 1, 2000, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any retiree or beneficiary who retired prior to July 1, 2000, if the local administrative unit elects to fund the increase. (Act 2000-809, p. 1921, § 10.)
AL Code § 36-27-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 8 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2000.|Section 36-27-160 - Persons Receiving Medicaid Benefits.

Section 36-27-160Persons receiving 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 aforementioned 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. (Act 2000-809, p. 1921, § 12.)
AL Code § 36-27-161 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 8 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2000.|Section 36-27-161 - Article Supplemental; Repeal of Conflicting Laws.

Section 36-27-161Article supplemental; repeal of conflicting laws. 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. (Act 2000-809, p. 1921, § 13.)
AL Code § 36-27-172 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 9 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan for Other Public Employees.|Section 36-27-172 - Relation to Federal Law.

Section 36-27-172Relation to federal law. At no time shall any provision or implementation of such provision pertaining to DROP be contrary to the rules and regulations of the federal law governing governmental plans. DROP is intended to operate in accordance with Section 415 and other applicable sections of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Any provision herein found in conflict with an applicable provision of the Internal Revenue Code shall be null and void. The Employees' Board of Control is hereby authorized to interpret this article so as to achieve compliance with any applicable provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code. (Act 2002-23, p. 31, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-173 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 9 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan for Other Public Employees.|Section 36-27-173 - Relation to Section 36-27-6.

Section 36-27-173Relation to Section 36-27-6. This article shall not apply to any unit participating pursuant to Section 36-27-6, unless the governing body of such employer shall agree to come under this section and assume any costs associated with implementation of the DROP program. When such a unit exercises an option to participate in the DROP program, the option shall be irreversible. (Act 2002-23, p. 31, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-174 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 9 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan for Other Public Employees.|Section 36-27-174 - Incentives for Participation in Plan.

Section 36-27-174Incentives for participation in plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article or any other laws to the contrary, no employer whose employees are covered under the Employees' Retirement System shall offer any incentives of value including, but not limited to, monetary payments, prepayment of health insurance, or extraordinary payments for accrued leave, contingent on the member applying for or electing to participate in DROP. This provision shall not apply to regular payments for leave or contributions toward health insurance, but shall serve to prevent any extraordinary benefits or incentives offered during a limited time period solely for the purpose of enticing employees to elect to participate in DROP. (Act 2002-23, p. 31, §4.)
AL Code § 36-27-175 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 9 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan for Other Public Employees.|Section 36-27-175 - Restoration to Active Service.

Section 36-27-175Restoration to active service.  Any member of the Employees' Retirement System who has participated in DROP and withdraws from service under Section 36-27-171 is not eligible to be restored to active service pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 36-27-16 or subsection (f) of Section 16-25-4. Rather, the employee shall be restored to active service pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) and subdivision (3) of subsection (d) of Section 36-27-171. (Act 2002-23, p. 31, §6.)
AL Code § 36-27-180 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 10 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001.|Section 36-27-180 - Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Those Whose Employers Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-180Amount of increase - Persons other than those whose employers participated in Employees' Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 2002, 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, 2001, 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 three percent in their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (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, 2001, shall receive the cost-of-living increase in the amount attained by the retiree. In no case shall the cost-of-living increase be less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (Act 2002-393, p. 986, §1.)
AL Code § 36-27-181 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 10 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001.|Section 36-27-181 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employers Elects to Come Under Provisions.

Section 36-27-181Amount of increase - Persons whose employers elects to come under provisions. (a) Commencing October 1, 2002, 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, 2001, 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 provisions used in Section 36-27-180, if the employer elects to come under this article. 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 any time and have the article become effective on October 1, 2002, or on October 1 of any subsequent fiscal year and the employer shall not be required to pay this cost-of-living increase retroactively unless the employer elects to fund the increase.  (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 36-27-180, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (Act 2002-393, p. 986, §2.)
AL Code § 36-27-182 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 10 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001.|Section 36-27-182 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employers Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-182Amount of increase - Persons whose employers participated in Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 2002, 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, 2001, 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 as described in Section 36-27-180. 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 increase the retiree has attained under the provisions in Section 36-27-180. In no case shall the COLA be less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (Act 2002-393, p. 986, §3.)
AL Code § 36-27-183 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 10 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001.|Section 36-27-183 - Duties of Board and Employer.

Section 36-27-183Duties of board and employer. 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 36-27-180 and 36-27-182, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the per centum 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 36-27-180 and 36-27-182 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 36-27-180 and 36-27-182 shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (Act 2002-393, p. 986, §4.)
AL Code § 36-27-184 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 10 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001.|Section 36-27-184 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer in System.

Section 36-27-184Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. (a) Commencing October 1, 2002, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System, and who is receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 2002, administered by the Employees' Retirement System, and whose years of creditable service have not been made known to the Employees' Retirement System, may receive an increase in benefits of three percent except that no pensioner shall receive an increase of less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month, provided the retired employee retired prior to October 1, 2001, and the employer elects to come under the provisions of this article. (b) Retired local public agency employees who retired prior to membership of the employer in the Employees' Retirement System and whose creditable service records have been received by the Employees' Retirement System shall receive an increase as provided for in Section 36-27-180 if the employer elects to fund the increase.  (Act 2002-393, p. 986, §5.)
AL Code § 36-27-185 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 10 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001.|Section 36-27-185 - Beneficiaries of Pensioners.

Section 36-27-185Beneficiaries of pensioners.  Commencing October 1, 2002, beneficiaries of Employees' Retirement System pensioners shall receive an increase of three percent of their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month, provided the date of death for the deceased pensioner, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased pensioner was prior to October 1, 2001, and the local units elect to fund the increase. (Act 2002-393, p. 986, §6.)
AL Code § 36-27-186 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 10 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001.|Section 36-27-186 - Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer and Receiving Benefits Not Administered by System.

Section 36-27-186Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer and receiving benefits not administered by system. Commencing October 1, 2002, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 2001, from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees' Retirement System and is receiving a monthly benefit not administered by the Employees' Retirement System shall receive an increase of three percent of their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month, provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund the increase. (Act 2002-393, p. 986, §7.)
AL Code § 36-27-187 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 10 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001.|Section 36-27-187 - Persons Receiving Medicaid Benefits.

Section 36-27-187Persons receiving 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 aforementioned 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. (Act 2002-393, p. 986, §8.)
AL Code § 36-27-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-190 - Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-190Amount of increase - Persons other than persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 2005, 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, 2004, 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 four percent in their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (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, 2004, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of four percent in their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., §5.)
AL Code § 36-27-191 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-191 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Elects to Come Under Provisions.

Section 36-27-191Amount of increase - Persons whose employer elects to come under provisions. (a) Commencing October 1, 2005, 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, 2004, 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 provisions used in Section 36-27-190, if the employer elects to come under this article. 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 any time and have the article become effective on October 1, 2005, or on October 1 of any subsequent fiscal year, and the employer shall not be required to pay his or her cost-of-living increase retroactively unless the employer elects to fund the increase. (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 36-27-190, but the increase shall not be less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §6.)
AL Code § 36-27-192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-192 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Section 36-27-192Amount of increase - Persons whose employer participated in Employees' Retirement System. Commencing October 1, 2005, 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, 2004, 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 as described in Section 36-27-190. 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 receive a cost-of-living increase of four percent in their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §7.)
AL Code § 36-27-193 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 36-27-193 - Duties of Board and Employer.

Section 36-27-193Duties of board and employer. 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 36-27-190 and 36-27-192, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the per centum rates of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid to the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Employees' Retirement System shall pay on account of the increases provided in Sections 36-27-190 and 36-27-192 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 36-27-190 and 36-27-192 shall be determined from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §8.)