25-5-77
shall pay an amount not to exceed the prevailing rate or maximum schedule of fees as established herein of reasonably necessary medical and surgical treatment and attention, physical rehabilitation, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches, artificial members, and other apparatus as the result of an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, as may be obtained by the injured employee or, in case of death, obtained during the period occurring between the time of the injury and the employee's death therefrom. If the employee is dissatisfied with the initial treating physician selected by the employer and if further treatment is required, the employee may so advise the employer, and the employee shall be entitled to select a second physician from a panel or list of four physicians selected by the employer. If surgery is required and if the employee is dissatisfied with the designated surgeon, he or she may so advise the employer, and the employee shall be...
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45-37-123.194
Section 45-37-123.194 Prohibition against diversion of funds. (a) Except as provided below and otherwise specifically required by law, it shall be impossible by operation of the plan or of the trust agreement, by termination of either, by power of revocation or amendment, by the happening of any contingency, by collateral arrangement, or by any other means, for any part of the corpus or income of any trust fund maintained pursuant to the plan or any funds contributed thereto to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than the exclusive benefit of members, former members, or their beneficiaries; and no funds of the system, whether in cash, securities, or otherwise, nor any income or yield thereof, shall be subject to or exacted on account of, any tax; and no retirement or disability allowance or right to return of contributions, or other benefits payable as set forth in the plan, shall be assignable or be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process....
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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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45-37-123.100
Section 45-37-123.100 Retirement benefits. (a) Superannuation retirement benefit. (1) ELIGIBILITY. A member shall be eligible for a superannuation retirement benefit if: a. The member has 30 or more years of paid membership time, regardless of age; b. The member has 10 or more years of paid membership time and has attained the age of 60; or c. The member has 30 years of service, 20 years of which are paid membership time, and has attained the age of 55. (2) CALCULATION OF BENEFIT. If a member meets the foregoing eligibility criteria, then the member shall be eligible to retire and receive a monthly benefit for the remainder of his or her life to be determined by the following formula: a. Two and one-half percent multiplied by the basic average salary multiplied by the number of years of paid membership time; plus b. Five-eights of one percent multiplied by the basic average salary multiplied by the number of years of unpaid membership time, if applicable. (3) SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT...
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16-25-5
Section 16-25-5 Transfer of membership in Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, etc., of janitors, maids, cafeteria workers and other full-time employees in public education. (a) The phrase "public education," as used in this section, shall be construed as meaning and referring to any institution of learning supported wholly by public funds, regardless of whether such institution is under the control and supervision of the State Department of Education. (b) All janitors, maids, cafeteria workers and any other full-time employees in public education, regardless of in what manner or on what basis paid, covered in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-6 on October 1, 1975 shall be enrolled and transferred to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama by their employer with all credit as has been established in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. (c) All janitors, maids, cafeteria workers and any other full-time employees in public...
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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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45-37A-51.09
Section 45-37A-51.09 Compensation limits; forfeitures; required minimum. (a) Compensation in excess of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000), or such other amount provided in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be disregarded. Such amount shall be adjusted for increases in the cost-of-living in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B), except that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year shall be effective for the fiscal years beginning with or within such calendar year. If compensation for any prior determination period is taken into account in determining a participant member's benefits for the current fiscal year, the compensation for such prior determination period is subject to the applicable annual compensation limit in effect for that prior period. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing and to the extent applicable to governmental plans as such are defined in Section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in no event may...
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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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45-37-123.101
Section 45-37-123.101 Postretirement joint survivorship pension. (a) Election of postretirement joint survivorship pension. In lieu of a benefit under subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 45-37-123.100, superannuation retirement benefit, early retirement benefit, or deferred retirement benefit, respectively, a member may elect to receive a postretirement joint survivorship pension. (1) PERCENTAGE ELECTION. In the event that a member desires to elect pursuant to this subsection to receive a postretirement joint survivorship pension, he or she shall elect one of the following percentages, which election shall be the actuarial equivalent of the monthly retirement benefit provided in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 45-37-123.100, as applicable: a. Reduced monthly benefit payable over the life of the member and the life of the member's designated beneficiary, 50 percent postretirement joint survivorship pension. b. Reduced monthly benefit payable over the life of the...
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