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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36-27-55.7
Section 36-27-55.7 Purchase of credit for prior service with U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers' Retirement System
or the Employees' Retirement System who has 10 years or more of credible service in either
system may claim and purchase service credit in the system for up to 10 years of prior service
for employment as an employee with the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service
Agency if the member complies with the conditions prescribed in subsection (b). No member
shall receive credit for any service that the member is already credited with in the system
or any other public retirement plan, with the exception of the federal Social Security program.
(b) Any member who is eligible to purchase service credit pursuant to subsection (a) shall
pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the system, by May 23, 2013, the full actuarially determined
cost for each year of claimed service as determined by the system's...
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36-27-81
Section 36-27-81 Amount of increase - Persons whose employer elects to come under provisions.
There is hereby provided to each person whose employer elects to come under the provisions
of this article and whose retirement is based on 51 or more percent service to an employer
participating under Section 36-27-6, and whose effective date of retirement for purposes of
receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1987, and
to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees of such employers, provided
the effective date of death or retirement for such deceased retiree or deceased member for
purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System was prior to October
1, 1987, and who is receiving a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System a
cost-of-living increase as follows: (1) One dollar per month for each year of service attained
by said retiree plus $3.50 per month for each year of retirement attained by said...
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36-27-88
Section 36-27-88 Amount of increase - Persons whose retirement is based on 51 or more percent
service to employer participating under Section 36-27-6. There is hereby provided to each
person whose employer elects to come under the provisions of this act and whose retirement
is based on 51 or more percent service to an employer participating under Section 36-27-6,
and whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees'
Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1989, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members
and deceased retirees of such employers, provided the effective date of death or retirement
for such deceased retiree or deceased member for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees'
Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1989, and who is receiving a monthly allowance from
the Employees' Retirement System a cost-of-living increase as follows: (1) $1.00 per month
for each year of service attained by said retiree plus $3.00 per...
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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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36-27-120
Section 36-27-120 Amount of increase - Persons other than persons whose employer participated
in Employees' Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 1994, 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, 1994, 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 not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month and the increase
shall be more if determined by computing the sum of the following three factors: (1) Two and
one-half (2.5) percent of the individual's current gross monthly benefit, including all previous
increases. (2) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each year of creditable service in covered
employment prior to retirement. (3) One dollar ($1) for...
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36-27-140
Section 36-27-140 Amount of increase - Persons other than persons whose employer participated
in Employees' Retirement System. (a) Commencing October 1, 1998, 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, 1998, 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 not less than thirty dollars ($30) per month and the increase
shall be more if determined by computing the sum of the following two factors: (1) Four percent
of the individual's current gross monthly benefit, including all previous increases. (2) Two
dollars ($2) for each year of creditable service in covered employment prior to retirement.
Retirees who chose Option 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the...
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36-27-145
Section 36-27-145 Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer in system. (a) Commencing
October 1, 1998, 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, 1998, administered by the Employees' Retirement
System, and whose years of creditable service has not been made known to the Employees' Retirement
System, may receive an increase in benefits in the amount of sixty dollars ($60) per month
if the monthly benefit is five hundred dollars ($500) or less; ninety dollars ($90) per month
if the monthly benefit is more than five hundred dollars ($500) but less than one thousand
dollars ($1,000); one hundred twenty dollars ($120) per month if the monthly benefit is more
than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but less than fifteen...
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36-27-147
Section 36-27-147 Pensioners who retired prior to membership of employer and receiving benefits
not administered by system. Commencing October 1, 1998, any pensioner or annuitant who retired
prior to October 1, 1998, 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 fifty dollar ($50) per
month increase provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of
the state elects to fund the increase provided the pensioner retired prior to October 1, 1998.
(Act 98-272, p. 446, §8.)...
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