There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988, to each person except persons whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7 or 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1987, and to beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees except where the deceased member or deceased retiree retired from an employer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7 or 36-27-7.1, provided the date of death for such deceased member or the effective date of retirement for such deceased retiree for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1987, and who is receiving a monthly allowance from the Employees’ Retirement System a cost-of-living increase as follows:

(1) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree plus $3.50 per month for each year of retirement attained by said retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or Option 1.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-27-80

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(2) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree plus $3.50 per month for each year of retirement attained by said retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor for each retiree selecting Option 2, 3 or 4.
(3) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said deceased member or deceased retiree plus $3.50 per month for each year since the date of death of such deceased member or in the case of a deceased retiree since his effective date of retirement reduced by the survivor’s option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System.
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