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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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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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45-49A-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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36-21-187
Section 36-21-187 Participation in fund; fees. (a) Participation in the fund established by
this article is entirely elective on the part of a firefighter, and the benefits provided
herein are in addition to any other benefits provided by law for firefighters. (b) Each firefighter
who becomes a member shall pay to the fund a regular fee of twenty dollars ($20) per calendar
month, to be paid on or before the tenth calendar day of each month so long as he or she is
a member or until he or she becomes entitled to benefits under this article. A member who
has 25 years of qualified service in the fund and having met all other requirements of the
law and thereby having earned maximum benefits provided will no longer be required to make
monthly contributions for his or her membership and will retain all of the rights and privileges
as provided any other member. (c) Six months from April 30, 2010, all applicants for membership
who join the fund shall pay an initial fee of twenty dollars ($20)...
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36-27-17
Section 36-27-17 Redetermination of allowances due on or after October 1, 1975. (a) All retirement
allowance payments due on or after October 1, 1975, to members who retired prior to said date
shall be redetermined as if the provisions of Acts 1975, No. 1103, amending Section 36-27-1,
were in effect at the time the member retired; provided, that the annual retirement allowance
of any member not employed as a state policeman who retired on or before January 1, 1956,
shall not be less than $79.20 multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service
not in excess of 30 years, in the case of service retirement, or $59.40 multiplied by the
number of years of his creditable service not in excess of 30 years, in the case of disability
retirement. Any increase provided in the retirement allowance payment under this section for
a member who retired under the provisions of any optional benefit elected pursuant to subsection
(d) of Section 36-27-16 shall accrue only to the retired member,...
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45-37-123.102
Section 45-37-123.102 Disability retirement benefits. (a) Non-service connected disability
benefits. Subject to subsection (h), any member who, after accumulating 10 years of paid membership
time, experiences a total disability as a result of a non-service connected disability shall
be entitled to receive, at the time set forth in subsection (e), monthly disability retirement
benefits determined in accordance with Section 45-37-123.100, as though the disabled member
were entitled to a superannuation retirement benefit at the commencement of the disability;
however, there shall be a percentage reduction of such benefit to reflect early commencement
of the payment, such percentage to be based on the member's whole years from actual eligibility
for a superannuation retirement benefit, as set forth below. Notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary, the minimum monthly disability retirement benefit payable in connection with
a non-service connected disability shall be 50 percent of the...
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45-37-123.134
Section 45-37-123.134 Purchase of permissive service credit. (a) In general. If a member makes
one or more contributions to the plan to purchase permissive service credit under the plan,
the requirements of § 415, Internal Revenue Code, shall be treated as met with respect to
these contributions if: (1) The requirements of § 415(b), Internal Revenue Code, are met,
determined by treating the accrued benefit derived from all such contributions as an annual
benefit for purposes of § 415(b), Internal Revenue Code, provided, however, the plan shall
not fail to meet the reduced limit under § 415(b)(2)(C), Internal Revenue Code, solely by
reason of this section; or (2) The requirements of § 415(c), Internal Revenue Code, are met,
determined by treating all such contributions as annual additions for purposes of § 415(c),
Internal Revenue Code, provided, however, the plan shall not fail to meet the percentage limitation
under § 415(c)(1)(B), Internal Revenue Code, solely by reason of...
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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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36-27-11
Section 36-27-11 Determination of prior creditable service; computation of creditable service
at retirement; procedure for restoration of creditable service to certain persons; payment
of makeup contributions by certain persons. (a) Under such rules and regulations as the Board
of Control shall adopt, each member who was an employee prior to October 1, 1945, and who
has made up contributions for time served as a nonmember and who becomes a member prior to
September 1, 1966, shall file a detailed statement of all service as an employee rendered
by him prior to October 1, 1945, for which he claims credit. (b) The Board of Control shall
fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent
to one year of service, but in no case shall it allow any credit for a period of absence without
pay of more than one month's duration, nor shall more than one year of service be creditable
for all service in one calendar year. (c) Subject to the restrictions...
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45-37A-51.162
Section 45-37A-51.162 Elected officials, appointed employees, and employees in the unclassified
service. (a) Elected officials. (1) Each officer shall be eligible to become a member of the
system by exercising the option hereby given in the manner and within the time provided for
in this subsection and not thereafter. (2) Any person who is an officer may exercise such
option within 90 days from the date upon which such person shall officially take office. (3)
An officer desiring to become a member under this subsection shall deliver to the city director
of finance, within the time above specified, a signed statement reciting that the officer
elects to become a member of the system. The election thus made shall be irrevocable. After
electing to become a member, an officer shall be subject to all burdens and entitled to all
rights attached to membership in the system, including the subjection of the officer to salary
deductions and entitlement to contributions by the city on his or her...
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