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36-30-2
Section 36-30-2 Deaths deemed compensable; compensation for total disability; amount of compensation.
(a) In the event a peace officer, a firefighter, a volunteer firefighter who is a member of
an organized volunteer fire department registered with the Alabama Forestry Commission, or
a rescue squad member is killed, either accidentally or deliberately, or dies as a result
of injuries received while engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or dies as a direct
and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke, his or her beneficiaries or dependents shall
be entitled to compensation in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to be
paid from the State Treasury as provided in Section 36-30-3, unless such death was caused
by the willful misconduct of the officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member or was due to
his or her own intoxication or his or her willful failure or refusal to use safety appliances
provided by his or her employer or his or her willful refusal or...
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45-37A-51.229
Section 45-37A-51.229 Eligibility for survivor's benefits. (a) The surviving spouse of the
deceased or participant described in Section 45-37A-51.228 shall be eligible to receive a
survivor's benefit. The next foregoing sentence shall apply to a spouse married to the retiree
or participant at the time of such retiree's or participant's death, regardless of whether
the marriage occurred before or after the retiree's or participant's departure from service.
The surviving spouse shall continue to be eligible to receive the monthly survivor's benefit
until he or she shall die or remarry, whichever shall first occur. If a survivor's benefit
ceases because the survivor remarries, in the event the marriage is terminated by annulment,
divorce, or death of the survivor's spouse, then on such termination the survivor shall be
eligible to receive the survivor's benefits. (b) In the event the deceased retiree or participant
should not be survived by his or her spouse or in the event the spouse...
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45-37A-51.230
Section 45-37A-51.230 Service connected death benefit. Should a participant be killed in the
line of his or her duty, there may be payable to his or her spouse and child or children a
service connected death benefit which shall be determined as follows: (1) SPOUSE BENEFIT.
The surviving spouse shall receive a monthly benefit equal to 60 percent of the monthly salary
of the deceased participant and shall additionally receive an amount equal to 10 percent of
the salary for each eligible child of the deceased participant. However, in no event shall
the monthly benefit payable to the spouse hereunder exceed 75 percent of the monthly salary
of the deceased participant. (2) CHILD OR CHILDREN BENEFIT. Should there be no surviving spouse
or should the surviving spouse fail to qualify hereunder, there shall be payable to or for
the benefit of such deceased participant's child or children a monthly benefit equal to 60
percent of the deceased participant's monthly salary as provided in Section...
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45-8A-22.111
Section 45-8A-22.111 Participant eligibility for benefits. A participant's service with the
City of Anniston as a sworn police officer or a sworn firefighter is used to determine the
participant's eligibility for a benefit from the plan and the amount of benefits that the
participant may be entitled to receive. Unless provided otherwise, service shall be based
on a continuous period beginning on the first day of employment as a sworn police officer
or a sworn firefighter and ending on the participant's date of retirement, or if earlier,
his or her date of termination of employment or date of death. No service is credited for
any partial years of service. If the participant's employment with the City of Anniston as
a sworn police officer or a sworn firefighter terminates prior to becoming eligible for retirement,
he or she will lose any service credited under the plan. (Act 2012-484, p. 1349, ยง12.)...
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45-8A-22.113
Section 45-8A-22.113 Retirement eligibility and benefit. (a) Participants Hired Before May
29, 1979. Subject to Section 45-8A-22.114, any person who was hired by the City of Anniston
as a sworn police officer or sworn firefighter before May 29, 1979, and who has been in continuous
service as a participant for a period of 20 years shall have a non-forfeitable right to a
benefit and shall be entitled to retire and receive a monthly benefit from the plan in an
amount equal to three percent of the average of his or her monthly compensation for the last
three years preceding his or her retirement multiplied by the number of years of continuous
service; provided, however, credit shall not be counted for continuous service in excess of
30 years. (b) Participants Hired On and After May 29, 1979. Any participant who was hired
by the City of Anniston as a sworn police officer or sworn firefighter on or after May 29,
1979, shall have a non-forfeitable right to a benefit to the extent described in...
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45-37A-51.05
Section 45-37A-51.05 Retirement and relief fund. (a) For the purpose of the deductions from
salary provided for in this section, the salary of a fireman or policeman shall be deemed
to be the same as his or her salary is for the purpose of payroll deductions provided for
in Section 9 of Act 929. (b)(1) At the end of each payroll period after the effective date
of this subpart, the City of Birmingham shall deduct from the salary of each firefighter police
officer who commenced service on or after May 2, 1978, an amount equal to three and 30/100
percent of his or her salary plus an actuarially determined amount to cover one-half of the
cost of providing a retirement benefit after 20 years of credited service. This amount shall
not exceed the amount necessary to fund the additional cost over a period of 30 years, and
shall be deposited into the supplemental pension system; provided, however, the city shall
not make any such deduction from the salary of any firefighter or police officer...
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45-8A-22.117
Section 45-8A-22.117 Termination of employment; return of contributions; participation in the
plan ceased. In the event a participant terminates employment with the City of Anniston as
a sworn police officer or sworn firefighter for any reason prior to becoming eligible for
a benefit from the plan, the participant shall be entitled to receive all his or her participant
contributions, without interest, made to the plan pursuant to Section 45-8A-22.109 and shall
have no further claim to benefits from the plan, and his or her participation in the plan
shall cease as of the date of termination. If the participant subsequently becomes employed
by the City of Anniston as a sworn police officer or as a sworn firefighter, he or she shall
be treated as a new participant and accrual of benefits shall begin as of the date of his
or her reemployment, unless otherwise allowed by applicable law to repay such participant
contributions to the plan and continue participation in the plan. All other...
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30-2-51
Section 30-2-51 Allowance upon grant of divorce; certain property not considered; retirement
benefits. (a) If either spouse has no separate estate or if it is insufficient for the maintenance
of a spouse, the judge, upon granting a divorce, at his or her discretion, may order to a
spouse an allowance out of the estate of the other spouse, taking into consideration the value
thereof and the condition of the spouse's family. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the judge
may not take into consideration any property acquired prior to the marriage of the parties
or by inheritance or gift unless the judge finds from the evidence that the property, or income
produced by the property, has been used regularly for the common benefit of the parties during
their marriage. (b)(1) The marital estate is subject to equitable division and distribution.
Unless the parties agree otherwise, and except as otherwise provided by federal or state law,
the marital estate includes any interest, whether vested or...
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36-30-20
Section 36-30-20 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BENEFIT.
Any monetary allowance payable to a law enforcement officer by a city or county or by the
state or from a pension system established for the law enforcement officers of a city or county
or the state on account of his or her disability or to his or her dependents on account of
his or her death, irrespective of whether the same is payable under a pension law of the state
or under some other law of the state. (2) DISABILITY. Disability to perform duties as a law
enforcement officer. (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A full-time law enforcement officer with
the power of arrest who is employed with any state agency, department, board, commission,
or institution or a full-time law enforcement officer employed by any municipality or county
within this state. (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE. Any...
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36-21-14
Section 36-21-14 Communications by emergency responders with peer support members. (a) As used
in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CERTIFIED PEER
SUPPORT MEMBER. A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency dispatcher, emergency
medical technician of an emergency service agency or entity, or a person who is assigned to
be a chaplain by an emergency service agency, who has received training in critical incident
stress management and who is certified as a peer support member by the Alabama State Law Enforcement
Agency to provide emotional and moral support to an emergency responder who needs emotional
or moral support as a result of job-related stress or an incident in which the emergency responder
was involved while acting in his or her official capacity. (2) EMERGENCY RESPONDER. A law
enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency dispatcher, or emergency medical technician
of an emergency service agency or entity. (3)...
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