Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-27-205

  • 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

Commencing October 1, 2006, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 2005, 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 is receiving a monthly benefit not administered by the Employees’ Retirement System shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in his or her gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in his or her gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. The increase shall be granted provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund and pay the increase.