45-37A-51.221
Section 45-37A-51.221 Minimum and maximum normal retirement benefit. (a) The minimum retirement benefit payable under Section 45-37A-51.220 shall be four hundred dollars ($400) per month. The maximum normal retirement benefit payable under Section 45-37A-51.220 shall be 75 percent of final average salary, exclusive of sick leave bonus. Notwithstanding the foregoing and to the extent applicable to governmental plans as defined in § 414(d), Internal Revenue Code, in no event may the normal retirement benefit exceed the annual dollar limits imposed by § 415(b), Internal Revenue Code, excluding contributions under § 414(h)(2), Internal Revenue Code. Further, no post severance compensation shall be included for any benefit hereunder. Post severance compensation means amounts paid by the later of: (1) Two and one-half months after an employee's severance from employment with the employer, or (2) the end of the limitation year that includes the date of severance from employment with the...
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45-37-123.106
Section 45-37-123.106 Minimum distribution requirements. (a) General rules. (1) EFFECTIVE DATE. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this section shall apply for purposes of determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning on and after January 1, 1987. (2) REQUIREMENTS OF TREASURY REGULATIONS INCORPORATED. All distributions required under this section shall be determined and made in accordance with § 401(a)(9), Internal Revenue Code, including the incidental death benefit requirement in § 401(a)(9)(G), and the regulations thereunder. (3) PRECEDENCE. Subject to the joint and survivor annuity requirements of the plan, the requirements of this section shall take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of the plan. (b) Time and manner of distribution. (1) REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE. The member's entire interest shall be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the member no later than the member's required beginning date. (2) DEATH OF MEMBER...
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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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45-37A-51.284
Section 45-37A-51.284 Actuarial assumptions. (a) Effective date. Except as provided by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the Internal Revenue Service, the limitations of this section shall first apply in determining the amount payable to a participant having an annuity starting date in a fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2008. (b) Applicable interest rate. For purposes of the fund's provisions relating to the calculation of the present value of a benefit payment that is subject to § 417(e), Internal Revenue Code, as well as any other fund provision referring directly or indirectly to the applicable interest rate or applicable mortality table used for purposes of § 417(e), Internal Revenue Code, any provision prescribing the use of the annual rate of interest on 30-year United States Treasury securities shall be implemented by instead using the rate of interest determined by applicable interest rate described by § 417(e), Internal Revenue Code, after its...
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45-8A-22.115
Section 45-8A-22.115 Compensation for purposes of benefit calculations. (a) Compensation. For purposes of calculating contributions to the plan in accordance with Section 45-8A-22.109 and benefits paid under the plan in accordance with Section 45-8A-22.113, Section 45-8A-22.116, and Section 45-8A-22.119, "compensation" shall include all of the following amounts: (1) Regular salary, including accumulated vacation pay. (2) Overtime pay. (3) Longevity pay. (4) Comp pay. (5) Any differential wage payment, as defined in Code Section 3401(h)(2), generally relating to military pay. Bonuses and paid accumulated sick leave, expense allowances, and any other non-regular forms of compensation are excluded. (b) Compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(17). Compensation of each participant taken into account in determining benefit accruals in any plan year beginning after December 31, 2001, shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or such other amount provided in the...
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45-37-123.01
RETIREMENT BENEFIT. A benefit payable pursuant to the terms of subsection (a) of Section 45-37-123.100. (52) SYSTEM or PLAN. The General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County, which system or plan may sue or be sued, and in such name all of its business shall be transacted. (53) SPOUSE. The legal wife or husband of a member as determined in accordance with federal law. (54) TOTAL DISABILITY. A permanent physical or mental condition of a member resulting from bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder which renders such member incapable of continuing usual and customary employment with the county. The disability of a member shall be determined by a licensed medical advisor. (55) TRUSTEE. The pension board or the person or entity appointed by the pension board and named as trustee herein or in any separate trust forming a part of the plan, and any successors. (56) TRUST FUND. The tax-qualified trust in which certain plan funds are held, disbursed, transferred,...
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45-37-123.132
in the plan, then the defined benefit dollar limitation of Section 45-37-123.131(a) shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of years, or part thereof, of participation in the plan, and the denominator of which is 10. However, in no event shall such fraction be less than one-tenth. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made to the defined benefit dollar limitation for a distribution on account of a member becoming disabled by reason of personal injuries or sickness, or as a result of the death of a member. For purposes of this subsection, a year of participation means each accrual computation period for which the following conditions are met: The member is credited with a period of service for benefit accrual purposes, required under the terms of the plan in order to accrue a benefit for the accrual computation period, and the member is included as a member under the eligibility provisions of the plan for at least one day of the...
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45-37-123.133
Section 45-37-123.133 Annual benefit not in excess of $10,000. (a) The plan may pay an annual benefit to any member in excess of the member's maximum annual benefit if the annual benefit derived from employer contributions under the plan and all other defined benefit plans maintained by the county does not in the aggregate exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the limitation year or for any prior limitation year and the county has not at any time maintained a defined contribution plan, a welfare benefit fund under which amounts attributable to postretirement medical benefits are allocated to separate accounts of key employees, as defined in § 419(A)(d)(3), Internal Revenue Code, or an individual medical account in which the member participated. For purposes of this section, if the plan provides for voluntary or mandatory employee contributions, such contributions shall not be considered a separate defined contribution plan maintained by the county. (b) However, if a member has...
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45-49A-63
Section 45-49A-63 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words and terms shall have meanings as follows: (1) ANNUITY STARTING DATE. The first day for which a benefit is payable as an annuity or any other form under Section 45-49A-63.80. (2) BENEFICIARY. The person or persons named by a member by written designation filed with the board to receive payments under this plan after the member's death. The member may not change his or her beneficiary after his or her annuity starting date. If no beneficiary designation is in effect at the member's death, or if no person so designated survives the member, the member's surviving spouse, if any, shall be deemed to be the beneficiary, otherwise the beneficiary shall be the member's estate. (3) BOARD. The Police and Fire Pension Board as constituted under Section 45-49A-63.120, or its delegate. (4) BREAK IN SERVICE. A period of absence which would constitute a break in the member's service under the Mobile County Personnel Board rules;...
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16-44A-31
recommendations to the board of trustees. (d) The Citizenship Trust shall be domiciled in Shelby County, Alabama, and shall be constituted as a public not-for-profit educational corporation upon the filing of these articles with the Secretary of State. It is the intent that the Citizenship Trust shall be qualified as a Section 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code and regulations of the United States, and that none of the net proceeds of the trust shall ever inure to the personal, private benefit of an individual. (e) The Citizenship Trust shall be governed by a board of directors, designated the board of trustees (herein called the "board"), and elected in accordance with bylaws of the Trust. There shall be a chair, vice chair, secretary, and other officers as determined by the bylaws. The board membership shall be diverse and broadly representative, and at least one fourth of its members shall be Black. (f) The board shall adopt and revise its bylaws consistent...
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