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36-21-191
Section 36-21-191 Death 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.)...
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36-21-72
Section 36-21-72 Death benefits. Each member shall be issued a certificate by the board in
which the board shall agree to pay to a beneficiary to be designated by such member, upon
his 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 $2,500.00. If any member is killed in the
line of duty, there shall be paid to his beneficiary or estate all membership fees paid by
such member into the fund. Such repayment of membership fees shall be in addition to the death
benefit hereinabove provided. The board shall pay to the beneficiary of a member, upon his
death while an active member, a refund pursuant to Section 36-21-74. (Acts 1969, No. 999,
p. 1855, §12; Acts 1971, No. 1210, p. 2104, §12; Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 62, p. 188,
§1; Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 37, p. 1448, §1.)...
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45-37-123.01
RETIREMENT BENEFIT. A benefit payable pursuant to the terms of subsection (a) of Section 45-37-123.100.
(52) SYSTEM or PLAN. The General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County, which
system or plan may sue or be sued, and in such name all of its business shall be transacted.
(53) SPOUSE. The legal wife or husband of a member as determined in accordance with federal
law. (54) TOTAL DISABILITY. A permanent physical or mental condition of a member resulting
from bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder which renders such member incapable
of continuing usual and customary employment with the county. The disability of a member shall
be determined by a licensed medical advisor. (55) TRUSTEE. The pension board or the person
or entity appointed by the pension board and named as trustee herein or in any separate trust
forming a part of the plan, and any successors. (56) TRUST FUND. The tax-qualified trust in
which certain plan funds are held, disbursed, transferred,...
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45-37-123.104
Section 45-37-123.104 Withdrawal and refund of employee contributions. The following provisions
generally govern a member's withdrawal and refund of employee contributions under the plan.
Any member who fails to make application for the amount of his or her employee contributions
pursuant to this section within five years after his or her separation from the service of
the county, except as otherwise provided herein or otherwise determined by the pension board,
shall be deemed to have forfeited and donated such employee contributions to the trust fund
pursuant to Section 45-37-123.83. The foregoing five year rule only applies to a member; in
the case of a beneficiary, the pension board may only forfeit employee contributions after
it has exhausted reasonable efforts to locate the beneficiary. (1) WITHDRAWAL OF EMPLOYEE
CONTRIBUTIONS BY MEMBERS NOT ENTITLED TO A DEFERRED RETIREMENT BENEFIT. In the event that
a member ceases to be an employee of the county for reasons other than...
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45-37-123.103
Section 45-37-123.103 Death benefits. (a) Preretirement death benefits. A vested member's beneficiary
is entitled to a preretirement joint survivorship pension, as described below. (1) MARRIED
MEMBER. If a married, active member dies, then the beneficiary may elect, on a form provided
by the pension board, to be paid in one of the following forms: a. One Hundred Percent Preretirement
Joint Survivorship Pension. If such member was eligible for a deferred retirement benefit
at the time of the member's death, then the beneficiary may elect to be paid in the form of
a 100 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension, which is a monthly annuity paid during
the beneficiary's lifetime which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the benefits that
would have been paid to the member if, instead of dying, the member had terminated employment;
or b. Refund. The beneficiary may elect a refund of the member's employee contributions in
accordance with Section 45-37-123.104(4)b. (2) UNMARRIED...
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16-25-33
Section 16-25-33 Term Life Insurance Fund; payment of benefits; funding. (a) A separate fund
to be known as the Term Life Insurance Fund is hereby established within the Teachers' Retirement
System of Alabama. Such fund shall consist of all monies paid by the employers for term life
insurance, and of the investment earnings of such monies and all such funds shall be used
only for the payment of benefits provided by this section. (b) Commencing October 1, 1995,
upon proof satisfactory to the board of the death of a contributing member who is a full-time
employee there shall be paid in the form of a term life insurance benefit the sum of $15,000.
On account of the death of a part-time employee, the benefit provided herein shall be prorated
based on the employee's percent of full-time employment. This benefit shall be paid to the
designated beneficiary on file with the Teachers' Retirement System. For purposes of this
section, a person shall be deemed a contributing member if (1) he or...
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45-49A-63
Section 45-49A-63 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words and terms shall have
meanings as follows: (1) ANNUITY STARTING DATE. The first day for which a benefit is payable
as an annuity or any other form under Section 45-49A-63.80. (2) BENEFICIARY. The person or
persons named by a member by written designation filed with the board to receive payments
under this plan after the member's death. The member may not change his or her beneficiary
after his or her annuity starting date. If no beneficiary designation is in effect at the
member's death, or if no person so designated survives the member, the member's surviving
spouse, if any, shall be deemed to be the beneficiary, otherwise the beneficiary shall be
the member's estate. (3) BOARD. The Police and Fire Pension Board as constituted under Section
45-49A-63.120, or its delegate. (4) BREAK IN SERVICE. A period of absence which would constitute
a break in the member's service under the Mobile County Personnel Board rules;...
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45-8A-22.119
the plan pursuant to Section 45-8A-22.117, into the trust to a beneficiary who has been designated
by the participant, in writing, executed by the participant on a form prescribed by the retirement
board and delivered to the secretary-treasurer. In the event that the participant has not
designated a beneficiary, the retirement board shall, upon demand, pay the lump sum equal
to the deceased participant's contributions made to the plan pursuant to Section 45-8A-22.117,
into the trust to the personal representative of the estate of the deceased participant.
Any amounts received by the participant in his or her lifetime or by his or her surviving
spouse or children following the death of the participant shall be deducted from the amount
payable to the beneficiary properly designated by the participant or to the estate of the
deceased participant pursuant to the terms of the plan. Any attempt to designate a beneficiary
pursuant to the terms of this subsection not in compliance with the...
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16-25-190
Section 16-25-190 Increase in benefits to members and beneficiaries. (a) Commencing October
1, 2005, there is provided an increase in benefits to each person currently receiving benefits
whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2004, for purposes of receiving
benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently
receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased
retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 2004, for purposes of receiving benefits
from the Teachers' Retirement System, a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of four percent of
the current gross benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (b) Any future
survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in the members' original option selection
for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated
beneficiary upon the death of the retiree, or otherwise provided by law...
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16-25-200
Section 16-25-200 Increase in benefits to members and beneficiaries. (a) Commencing October
1, 2006, there is provided a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the amount of seven percent
of the current gross benefit, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month to each
person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October
1, 2005, for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members
and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement
or death for the deceased retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 2005, for purposes
of receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System. (b) Any future survivor allowance
shall be adjusted as provided in the members' original option selection for those eligible
retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary
upon the death of the retiree, or otherwise provided by law in the...
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