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45-8A-22.127
Section 45-8A-22.127 Exclusive use of assets of the trust; vesting; forfeitures. (a) Trust
Assets May Not Be Diverted. The assets of the trust shall be held for the exclusive benefit
of the participants and their beneficiaries. It shall not be possible for any part of the
corpus or income of the trust or any funds contributed thereto to be used for, or diverted
to, purposes other than the exclusive benefit of such participants or their beneficiaries,
whether by operation or natural termination of the trust, by power of revocation or amendment,
by the happening of a contingency, by collateral arrangement, or by other means. No benefits
payable as set forth in the plan shall be assignable or be subject to execution, levy, attachment,
garnishment, or other legal process. Accordingly, the plan shall not recognize any domestic
relations order attempting to provide a participant's benefits, or any portion thereof, to
an alternate payee. (b) Vesting. The retirement benefit earned by a...
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45-8A-22.135
Section 45-8A-22.135 Amendment and termination. (a) Amendment of the Plan. (1) The retirement
board shall have the right at any time to amend the plan, subject to the limitations of this
section. Any such amendment must be consistent with this subpart, any other legislation relating
to the trust, and consistent with other authority granted to the retirement board. Additionally,
in the event that the Legislature amends this subpart or makes other statutory changes that
impact the terms of the plan, the retirement board shall cause the plan to be amended as necessary
to reflect such legislation. (2) Any amendment which affects the rights, duties, or responsibilities
of the trustee may only be made with the trustee's written consent. Any such amendment shall
become effective as provided therein upon its execution. The trustee shall not be required
to execute an amendment unless such amendment affects the duties of the trustee hereunder.
(3) Except as otherwise specifically provided for...
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35-4A-5
Section 35-4A-5 Exclusions from statutory rule against perpetuities. Section 35-4A-2, the statutory
rule against perpetuities, does not apply to: (1) a nonvested property interest or a power
of appointment arising out of a nondonative transfer, except a nonvested property interest
or a power of appointment arising out of (i) a premarital or postmarital agreement, (ii) a
separation or divorce settlement, (iii) a spouse's election, (iv) a similar arrangement arising
out of a prospective, existing, or previous marital relationship between the parties, (v)
a contract to make or not to revoke a will or trust, (vi) a contract to exercise or not to
exercise a power of appointment, (vii) a transfer in satisfaction of a duty of support, or
(viii) a reciprocal transfer; (2) a fiduciary's power relating to the administration or management
of assets, including the power of a fiduciary to sell, lease, or mortgage property, and the
power of a fiduciary to determine principal and income; (3) a power...
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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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36-26-14
Section 36-26-14 Deferred compensation plans for certain employees. (a) The personnel board
may adopt, establish, and maintain a deferred compensation plan or plans, except under Internal
Revenue Code Section 403 (b), for the employees of the State of Alabama or any city, town,
county, or public entity or corporation organized pursuant to the laws of this state. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, prior to the employees of a county or political subdivision of the county participating
in a plan, the employing county or political subdivision of the county shall approve participation
in the plan. The personnel board may include in any such plan any provision that does not
cause the plan to fail to qualify for its tax-favored treatment under the United States Internal
Revenue Code, including, but not limited to, participant loans, unforeseeable emergency or
hardship distributions, Roth deferrals, rollovers, transfers to purchase service credit, and
distributions to purchase a retired public...
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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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45-8A-22.102
Section 45-8A-22.102 Powers and duties of the retirement board.. (a) The retirement board shall
be responsible for the general administration and proper operation of the plan and shall administer
the plan for the exclusive benefit of participants and their beneficiaries, subject to the
terms of the plan. The retirement board shall administer the plan in accordance with its terms
and shall have the power and discretion to construe the terms of the plan and this subpart
and to determine all questions arising in connection with the administration, interpretation,
and application of the plan. Any such determination by the retirement board shall be conclusive
and binding upon all persons. (1) The retirement board shall have all powers necessary or
appropriate to accomplish the retirement board's duties under the plan, including, but not
limited to, the following: a. To determine all questions relating to the eligibility of a
sworn police officer or a sworn firefighter of the City of...
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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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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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36-27-6
Section 36-27-6 Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public
organizations, etc. - Generally. (a) The governing board of any county, city, town or public
or quasi-public organization of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or the Alabama
Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station System of Auburn University may, by
resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the Board of Control, elect to
have its officers and employees from whatever sources and in whatever manner paid become eligible
to participate in the retirement system; and the Adjutant General of the state, with the approval
of the Governor, may, by application properly prepared and submitted in conformity with rules
prescribed by the Board of Control, elect to have those employees of the Alabama National
Guard employed pursuant to 32 U.S.C.A., Section 709, and paid from federally appropriated
funds, become eligible to participate in this retirement system....
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