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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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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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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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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General
Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual
who currently is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and
is making employee contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30,
1984, or such other dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of
the pension board, a form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from
a specific benefit provided under the plan but having the same value when computed using the
mortality tables, the interest rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension
board, which assumptions shall clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the
amount of a member's benefit. (4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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16-25-150
Section 16-25-150 Participation in plan. (a) As governed by this subsection, there exists
as a part of this retirement system an optional account known as the Deferred Retirement Option
Plan, which may be cited as "DROP." The purpose of DROP is to allow, contractually,
in lieu of immediate withdrawal from service and receipt of a retirement allowance, continued
employment for a specific period of time, coupled with the deferral of receipt of a retirement
allowance until the end of the period of participation, at which time the member shall withdraw
from service. (b) Participation in DROP is an option available to any member of this retirement
system who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has at least 25 years of creditable
service exclusive of sick leave. (2) Is at least 55 years of age. (3) Is eligible for service
retirement. (c) An election to participate in DROP may be made in one year increments not
to exceed five years, nor to be less than three years. A member may...
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36-27-170
Section 36-27-170 Participation in plan. (a) As governed by this subsection, there exists
as a part of this retirement system, an optional account known as the Deferred Retirement
Option Plan, which may be cited as "DROP." The purpose of DROP is to allow, contractually,
in lieu of immediate withdrawal from service and receipt of a retirement allowance, continued
employment for a specific period of time, coupled with the deferral of receipt of a retirement
allowance until the end of such period of participation, at which time the member shall withdraw
from service. (b) Participation in DROP is an option available to any member of this retirement
system who meets all of the following: (1) Has at least 25 years of creditable service exclusive
of sick leave. (2) Is at least 55 years of age, or in the case of a state police member, is
at least 52 years of age. (3) Is eligible for service retirement. (c) An election to participate
in DROP may be made in one year increments not to exceed five...
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27-17A-2
Section 27-17A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ALTERNATIVE CONTAINER. A nonmetal receptacle or enclosure, without
ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains
and which is made of cardboard, pressed-wood, composition materials (with or without an outside
covering), or pouches of canvas or other materials. (2) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE. The meeting
occurring either at need or preneed between the seller and the purchaser during which funeral
or cemetery merchandise and services are discussed. (3) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE FEE. The charge
to the purchaser in conjunction with the arrangement conference. (4) AT NEED. At the time
of death, or immediately following death. (5) AUTHORIZING AGENT. One who is lawfully authorized
to control the final disposition of human remains. (6) BELOW-GROUND CRYPT. A preplaced enclosed
chamber, which is usually constructed of reinforced concrete,...
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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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16-33C-10
Section 16-33C-10 ACES Program generally. (a) The ACES Program is established as one
college savings alternative under the plan whereby contributors open ACES savings accounts
according to savings agreements for the payment of qualified higher education costs for a
designated beneficiary at eligible educational institutions, terms as defined in Section
529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law. The
ACES Program includes the ACES Trust Fund, the ACES Administrative Fund, and the ACES Opportunity
Enhancement Fund created pursuant to this chapter. The ACES Program may be marketed under
a different name than ACES. (b) The ACES Trust Fund is hereby created and shall be comprised
of separate ACES savings accounts held in segregated accounts as established by savings agreements.
Funds contributed to the ACES savings accounts established pursuant to the ACES Program are
held in trust by the Savings Board for the sole benefit of the contributor and...
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