36-27-4
Section 36-27-4 Membership - Generally; denial of membership; absence from service; military service. (a) The membership of the retirement system shall be composed as follows: (1) All persons who shall become employees after October 1, 1945, shall become members of the retirement system as a condition of their employment. (2) Any person who is an employee on October 1, 1945, shall become a member as of that date unless, within a period of 90 days next following, such employee shall file with the Board of Control on a form prescribed by the board a notice of his or her election not to be covered in the membership of the system and a duly executed waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would otherwise inure to him or her on account of his or her membership in the retirement system. (3) An employee whose membership in the retirement system is contingent on his or her own election and who elects not to become a member may thereafter apply for and be admitted to membership...
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45-37-171.20
Section 45-37-171.20 Cost-of-living increases for certain retirees. (a)(1) Effective retroactively to October 1, 2000, each retiree of the Jefferson County Department of Health receiving monthly benefits from the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System, whose effective date of retirement was after the department elected to become a member in the Employees' Retirement System and prior to October 1, 2000, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of four percent in his or her gross monthly benefit, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (2) Beneficiaries of deceased retirees referenced in subdivision (1) shall receive the cost-of-living increase in the amount attained by the retiree. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (b) When future cost-of-living increases are provided to the Jefferson County Department of Health retirees and their beneficiaries who are receiving monthly benefits from the Employees' Retirement System, the same...
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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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36-27-6
Section 36-27-6 Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. - Generally. (a) The governing board of any county, city, town or public or quasi-public organization of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or the Alabama Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station System of Auburn University may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the Board of Control, elect to have its officers and employees from whatever sources and in whatever manner paid become eligible to participate in the retirement system; and the Adjutant General of the state, with the approval of the Governor, may, by application properly prepared and submitted in conformity with rules prescribed by the Board of Control, elect to have those employees of the Alabama National Guard employed pursuant to 32 U.S.C.A., Section 709, and paid from federally appropriated funds, become eligible to participate in this retirement system....
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36-27-24
Section 36-27-24 Funds for assets of retirement system - Creation; composition; disposition of funds; appropriations. (a) Effective October 1, 1997, all the assets of the retirement system shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held among three funds, namely, the Annuity Savings Fund, the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the Expense Fund. The operation of the former Pension Reserve Fund and the Annuity Reserve Fund shall be discontinued as of such date and the balance of the former Pension Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the balance of the former Annuity Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the Pension Accumulation Fund. (b) Annuity Savings Fund. The Annuity Savings Fund shall be a fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the compensation of members to provide for their annuities. Contributions to and payments from the Annuity Savings Fund shall be made as follows: Effective October 1, 1971, each employer shall...
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16-25-21
Section 16-25-21 Method of financing. Effective October 1, 1997, all the assets of the retirement system shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held among three funds, namely: The Annuity Savings Fund, the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the Expense Fund. The operation of the former Pension Reserve Fund and the Annuity Reserve Fund shall be discontinued as of such date, the balance of the former Pension Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the balance of the former Annuity Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the Pension Accumulation Fund. (1) The Annuity Savings Fund shall be a fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the compensation of members to provide for their annuities. Contributions to and payments from the Annuity Savings Fund shall be made as follows: a. Each employer shall cause to be deducted from the salary of each member on each and every payroll of such employer for each and every payroll period five...
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16-25-1
Section 16-25-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama as defined in Section 16-25-2. (2) PUBLIC SCHOOL. Any day school conducted within the state under the authority and supervision of a duly elected or appointed county or city board of education and any educational institution supported by and under the control of the state or any private nondenominational school operated nonprofit for the education of children of school age residing within a district where no public school is available for the children. (3) TEACHER. Any teacher, principal, superintendent, supervisor, college professor, administrative officer, or clerk employed in any public school or public college within the state or employed in any private nondenominational school operated nonprofit for the education of children of...
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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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45-8A-22.118
Section 45-8A-22.118 Maximum benefits; limitations; adjustments. (a) Annual Benefit and Final Regulations Under Internal Revenue Code Section 415. (1) Annual Benefit. For purposes of this section, "annual benefit" means the benefit payable annually under the terms of the plan, exclusive of any benefit not required to be considered for purposes of applying the limitations of Internal Revenue Code Section 415 to the plan, in the form of a straight life annuity with no ancillary benefits. If the benefit is payable in any other form, the annual benefit shall be adjusted to the equivalent of a straight life annuity pursuant to subsection (c). (2) Final Regulations Under Internal Revenue Code Section 415. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the following provisions apply beginning on or after January 1, 1976, except as otherwise provided in this section. a. Incorporation by Reference. The limitations, adjustments, and other requirements prescribed in the plan shall...
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25-4-78
Section 25-4-78 Disqualifications for benefits. An individual shall be disqualified for total or partial unemployment for any of the following: (1) LABOR DISPUTE IN PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. For any week in which an individual's total or partial unemployment is directly due to a labor dispute still in active progress in the establishment in which he or she is or was last employed. For the purposes of this section only, the term labor dispute includes any controversy concerning terms, tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. This definition shall not relate to a dispute between an individual worker and his or her employer. (2) VOLUNTARILY QUITTING WORK. If an individual has left his or her most recent bona fide work voluntarily without good...
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