Terms Used In Alabama Code 35-16-1

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The superintendent of insurance and the superintendent of banks, jointly, shall, within 30 days after final adjournment of each regular session of the Legislature, cause to be prepared a table showing the current present cash value of an annuity of $100.00 per month, month by month from two to 480 months at two percent, two and one-half percent, three percent, three and one-half percent, four percent, four and one-half percent, five percent, five and one-half percent and six percent, which table shall be delivered to the Secretary of State, who shall cause the same to be printed in the bound volume of the acts of the Legislature.