Title 36

Any part time legislative employee who qualifies and chooses to pay into the State of Alabama Employees’ Retirement System, beginning with the Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama in 1989, may choose to pay an additional 50 percent into the State of Alabama Employees’ Re…

(a) Commencing October 1, 1994, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement Sys…

(a) Commencing October 1, 1994, each person whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1994, and wh…

Commencing October 1, 1994, each person whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1…

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under Sections 36-27-120 and 36-27-122, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the percentum rates of e…

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System may notify any employer who participated in the Employees’ Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation on March 18, 1994 that the cost-of-living increases provided by this article and Article 3A of this chapter, …

(a) Any pensioner or beneficiary who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees’ Retirement System, and who is receiving…

Any county board, department, or agency responsible for the local administration of a program for a state board, department, or agency affiliated with the Employees’ Retirement System on October 1, 1994, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any reti…

Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under …

The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to the retired members of the Employees’ Retirement System. However, those laws or parts of laws which are in dir…

Commencing October 1, 1996, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System …

Commencing October 1, 1996, each person whose employer participates in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1996, and who is…

Commencing October 1, 1996, each person whose employer participates in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1…

The cost-of-living increase granted to certain retired persons under the Employees’ Retirement System by this article may be financed, if possible, from existing funds of the Employees’ Retirement System subject to the following provisions and conditions: (1) If the actuary for t…

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System may notify any employer who participated in the Employees’ Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation on October 1, 1996 that the cost-of-living increases provided by this article and Act No. 93-604, 1993 Regula…

Commencing October 1, 1996, any pensioner who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees’ Retirement System, and who is …

Commencing October 1, 1996, beneficiaries of pensioners formerly participating in a retirement program of a Class 1 municipality but whose benefits are currently administered by the Employees’ Retirement System shall receive a monthly increase of fifty dollars ($50) provided the …

Any county board, department, or agency responsible for the local administration of a program for a state board, department, or agency affiliated with the Employees’ Retirement System on October 1, 1996, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any reti…

Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under …

Commencing October 1, 1996, any pensioner or annuitant who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees’ Retirement System…

(a) Commencing October 1, 1998, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement Sys…

(a) Commencing October 1, 1998, each person whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to July 1, 1998, and who i…

Commencing October 1, 1998, each person whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to July 1, 1998…

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under Sections 36-27-140 and 36-27-142, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the percentum rates of e…

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System may notify any employer who participated in the Employees’ Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation on April 10, 1998, that the cost-of-living increases provided by this article and Acts 96-572, 1996 Regular S…

(a) Commencing October 1, 1998, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees’ Retirement System, …

Commencing October 1, 1998, beneficiaries of pensioners formerly participating in a retirement program of a Class 1 municipality but whose benefits are currently administered by the Employees’ Retirement System shall receive a monthly increase of sixty-five dollars ($65) provided…

Commencing October 1, 1998, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 1998, from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Em…

Any county board, department, or agency responsible for the local administration of a program for a state board, department, or agency affiliated with the Employees’ Retirement System on October 1, 1998, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any reti…

Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under …

(a) Commencing October 1, 2000, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement Sys…

(a) Commencing October 1, 2000, each person whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to July 1, 2000, and who i…

Commencing October 1, 2000, each person whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to July 1, 2000…

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under Sections 36-27-150 and 36-27-152, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the per centum rates of …

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System may notify any employer who participated in the Employees’ Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation before May 25, 2000 that the cost-of-living increases provided by this article and Acts 98-272, 1998 Regular …

(a) Commencing October 1, 2000, any retired employee who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees’ Retirement System, …

Commencing October 1, 2000, beneficiaries of pensioners formerly participating in a retirement program of a Class 1 municipality but whose benefits are currently administered by the Employees’ Retirement System shall receive a monthly increase of thirty-five dollars ($35) provide…

Commencing October 1, 2000, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 2000, from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Em…

(a) Any city-county-public agency employee eligible for retirement, who retires after July 1, 2000, and before October 1, 2000, shall be eligible to receive the aforementioned increase at the option of the appropriate local government or public agency. The local government or pub…

Any county board, department, or agency responsible for the local administration of a program for a state board, department, or agency affiliated with the Employees’ Retirement System on October 1, 2000, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any reti…

Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the aforementioned increase. Any person who subsequently applies for …

The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to the retired members of the Employees’ Retirement System. However, those laws or parts of laws which are in dir…

(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 r…

(a) On withdrawing from service pursuant to Section 36-27-16, a member who participated in DROP: (1) Who fulfilled his or her contractual obligation pursuant to DROP shall receive a lump-sum payment from his or her DROP account equal to the payments made to that account on his or…

At no time shall any provision or implementation of such provision pertaining to DROP be contrary to the rules and regulations of the federal law governing governmental plans. DROP is intended to operate in accordance with Section 415 and other applicable sections of the United S…

This article shall not apply to any unit participating pursuant to Section 36-27-6, unless the governing body of such employer shall agree to come under this section and assume any costs associated with implementation of the DROP program. When such a unit exercises an option to p…