45-37-123.83
Section 45-37-123.83 Forfeitures, donations, and other similar contributions. The pension board and county are authorized to contribute to the trust fund any monies received in the form of donations, gifts, appropriations, bequests, or otherwise, or derived therefrom. Additionally, any member or beneficiary who fails to make timely application for the amount of his or her employee contributions pursuant to Section 45-37-123.104 shall be deemed to have forfeited and donated such employee contributions to the trust fund. In no event shall any forfeitures under the plan result in an increase in the benefit to be paid to any member. The pension coordinator shall provide one certified letter to the member within 60 days following the member's termination of employment advising the member of the foregoing forfeiture provisions. See also Section 45-37-123.194 for additional forfeiture provisions. (Act 2013-415, p. 1586, ยง2:4.4.)...
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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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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit. (4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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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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16-25-10
Section 16-25-10 Certain school bus drivers, mechanics and maintenance workers - Persons previously under Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. (a) All employees of city and county boards of education and special schools under the direct control of the State Board of Education now covered in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-6 who would have been eligible for coverage in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section 16-25-9 except for being covered in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, may be enrolled and transferred to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama by their employer with all credits as have been established in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. (b) Upon enrollment and transfer to the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, such employee shall be deemed to be a "teacher" under the teachers' retirement law and shall make contributions as all other teachers and shall receive...
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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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45-37-123.82
Section 45-37-123.82 Employee contributions. (a) Employee contributions generally. As a condition of employment and of accruing benefits under the plan, each member shall contribute six percent of such member's compensation to the plan. The employee contributions shall be after tax, or if approved by the pension board such employee contributions shall be pre-tax and treated as "picked-up" and contributed by the county to the plan pursuant to Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. The county shall process such employee contributions each payroll period and the aggregate amount shall be deposited in the trust fund. Employee contributions shall begin on the member's first paycheck after a member becomes eligible for membership in the system as provided for in Section 45-37-123.50. In the event that the county fails to withhold any employee contributions, the county may withhold such amounts, whether treated by the county as after-tax contributions or treated as "picked-up"...
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11-43-7.2
Section 11-43-7.2 Additional expense allowances for members of council or governing body of Class 1 municipalities. (a) In addition to the authority granted by Section 11-43-7.1, the council or other governing body of any Class 1 municipality may grant to the members of the council or governing body, an additional amount of money monthly for expenses incurred by the members when attending to the business of the municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum amount of the additional expense allowance shall be three hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents ($333.33) per month. (b) Notwithstanding all other provisions of law, any council or governing body member may elect in writing to have the expense allowances authorized by subsection (a) of this section and Section 11-43-7.1, become subject to the withholding of any employee contribution required to be paid into the trust fund of any pension or retirement system in which the member is eligible to participate. A...
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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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36-26-121
Section 36-26-121 Annual itemized statement of employee and retirement benefits, and total employer contributions to retirement systems and health insurance plans. (a) As used in this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. Any benefit a public employee received or accrued from his or her employer, including, but not limited to, salary or wages; insurance; allowance for days off such as vacation, holidays, sick leave, or personal days; and contributions toward retirement or pension benefits. (2) HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. Either of the following health insurance plans as it applies to an individual public employee or retiree: a. The State Employees' Health Insurance Plan. b. The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan. (3) RETIREE. A retiree or a beneficiary of a deceased retiree who receives an employee benefit or pension benefit from a retirement system, as defined in this section. (4) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. One of the following as it applies...
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