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45-37A-51.136
Section 45-37A-51.136 Powers and duties of the board. The board shall have such powers as are
necessary for the proper administration of the system including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) To prescribe procedures to be followed by participants, and their beneficiaries, in filing
applications for benefits and for the furnishing of evidence necessary to establish employees'
rights to such benefits. (2) To make determinations as to the rights of any participant or
their beneficiaries applying for or receiving benefits, and to afford any such individual
dissatisfied with any such determination the right of a hearing thereon. (3) To develop procedures
for the establishment of credited service of participants; and, after affording participants
an opportunity to make objection with respect thereto, to establish such service conclusively
in advance of retirement. (4) To retain and pay from the fund the services of a consultant
and actuary. (5) To receive and pay from the fund...
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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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16-6D-4
Section 16-6D-4 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC YEAR. The 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending
on the following June 30. (2) DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Alabama Department of Revenue. (3)
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP. A grant made by a scholarship granting organization to an eligible
student to cover all or part of the tuition and mandatory fees for one academic year charged
by a qualifying school to the eligible student receiving the scholarship; provided, however,
that an educational scholarship shall not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for an elementary
school student, eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for a middle school student, or ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for a high school student per academic year. The term does not include a
lump sum, block grant, or similar payment by a scholarship granting organization to a qualifying
school that assigns the responsibility in whole or in part for...
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36-21-180
Section 36-21-180 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BOARD. The board of commissioners of the fund and any successors thereto. (2) ERS. The
Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. (3) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The executive director of
the board. (4) FIREFIGHTER. Any firefighter as certified by the Alabama Firefighters Personnel
Standards and Education Commission. The term also includes any volunteer firefighter who is
a member of a certified volunteer fire department under Section 9-3-17. (5) FUND. The Alabama
Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund created in this article. (6) MEMBER. Any firefighter
who is a member of the fund and who is in good standing by virtue of having paid all sums
required by this article. (7) MEMBERSHIP SERVICE. The period of employment of a member as
a firefighter from the date he or she becomes a member. (8) MONTH. A period of...
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45-37A-51.07
Section 45-37A-51.07 Retirement allowance and survivor's allowance. (a)(1) The words, terms,
and phrases of this section shall have the meaning ascribed to them by Act 929, unless it
appears from the context that a different meaning is intended. As used in this section and
Section 45-37A-51.11, these words and terms have the meanings hereby accorded them: a. DEFERRED
PENSION UNDER THE GENERAL RETIREMENT AND RELIEF SYSTEM. A pension granted to a firefighter
or police officer under Act 929, the payment of which does not commence until the pension
granted to such firefighter or police officer under this subpart ceases. b. DISABLED CHILD.
A firefighter's or police officer's son or daughter regardless of age who becomes disabled
prior to attaining age 18 with a medically determinable physical or mental impairment or impairments,
by reason of which impairment, or impairments, the son or daughter has been unable, and continues
to be unable, to engage in any substantially gainful activity. c....
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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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11-91A-2
Section 11-91A-2 Local Government Health Insurance Board; governance and administration of
program. (a) The Local Government Health Insurance Board shall govern and administer the Local
Government Health Insurance Program currently governed and administered by the State Employees'
Insurance Board (SEIB) pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 36. The transfer of the governance
and administration to the board shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015, and thereafter
the board shall take all control and responsibility for the program under procedures and authority
set out in this chapter. (b) The program governed and administered by the board shall provide
a reasonable relationship between the health care benefits to be included and the expected
health care expenses to be incurred by affected employees, retirees, and their dependents.
The board may establish a fully insured or self-insured health care plan for employees and
retirees as defined in this chapter and may adopt rules for the...
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36-29-14
Section 36-29-14 Health insurance coverage under State Employees' Insurance Board; operation
of board. (a) Any agency of the state, or any governmental entity, body, or subdivision thereto,
any county, any municipality, any municipal foundation, any fire or water district, authority,
or cooperative, any regional planning and development commission established pursuant to Sections
11-85-50 through 11-85-73, that is not and was not for the 12 months immediately preceding
the date of application to participate in any plan created pursuant to the provisions of this
article a member of an existing government sponsored health insurance program, formed under
the provisions of Section 11-26-2, the Association of County Commissions of Alabama or the
Alabama League of Municipalities, the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association, the Alabama
State Employees Credit Union, Easter Seals Alabama, Alabama State University, the Alabama
Rural Water Association, Rainbow Omega, Incorporated, The Arc...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission; registration
requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities. (1) A public
charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment is authorized
by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an entity expressly granted
chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume any authorizing function or
duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers of public charter schools: a.
A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries of the school system
under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission,
pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that registers as an authorizer may approve
or deny an application to form a public charter school within the boundaries of the local
school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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45-37A-51.04
Section 45-37A-51.04 Membership. (a) The following shall be members of the supplemental pension
system hereby created: Members of the fire department or police department of the city who
belong to the general retirement and relief system, created by Act 929 on whose account the
city makes no contribution or pays no tax, to the United States of America under the federal
Social Security Act. (b) As used in this subpart these terms have the meanings here given
them: (1) ACT 556 CREDITABLE SERVICE. A member's service with the city during the period while
the salary deductions of Section 45-37A-51.05 applied to him or her and also his or her service
with the city during any period while salary deductions did not apply to him or her, provided
he or she exercises the option subsection (d) or (e) accords him or her to have his or her
service during the last mentioned period counted as Act 556 creditable services. (2) BENEFIT.
A benefit payable under this subpart to a member or to any person...
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