§ 36-27-1 Definitions
§ 36-27-2 Creation; designation; purpose, powers, privileges, management, etc., thereof generally; powers, duties, etc., of Board of Control; immunity of state officers, etc
§ 36-27-3 Corporate powers generally
§ 36-27-3.1 Offset of rate increases
§ 36-27-4 Membership – Generally; denial of membership; absence from service; military service
§ 36-27-4.1 Membership – Purchase of service credit by member prohibited from participating because of age
§ 36-27-5 Membership – Members of Board of Pardons and Paroles; Director of Physical Fitness Department
§ 36-27-5.1 Participation of employees of regional or local legislative delegation office
§ 36-27-6 Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. – Generally
§ 36-27-6.1 Participation of employees of counties, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. – Purchase of service credit
§ 36-27-6.2 Participation of employees of counties, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. – Purchase of credit for service in position previously excluded
§ 36-27-6.3 Purchase of credit for prior service as firefighter
§ 36-27-6.4 Purchase of credit for prior service with the Oxford Emergency Medical Services, Inc
§ 36-27-6.5 Employers authorized to provide Tier I retirement benefits to Tier II plan members
§ 36-27-7 Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. – Employees of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University under federal appointment
§ 36-27-7.1 Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public organizations, etc. – Certain retired employees of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University
§ 36-27-7.2 Reopening of Employees’ Retirement System for purchase of prior service credit by active and contributing member of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University
§ 36-27-8 Continuation, etc., of participation in system by employee covered or retired under system who becomes director or employee of department; payment of matching contribution by department
§ 36-27-8.1 Optional retirement for previously retired state employees
§ 36-27-8.2 Performance of duties by retired persons; service in elected public office
§ 36-27-9 Payment of member’s and employer’s contributions for county engineers by State Department of Transportation
§ 36-27-10 Procedure for receipt of full credits for prior service and membership service in county by county engineers; procedure as to future service; administration of provisions
§ 36-27-11 Determination of prior creditable service; computation of creditable service at retirement; procedure for restoration of creditable service to certain persons; payment of makeup contributions by certain persons
§ 36-27-12 Transfer of service credits, etc., from Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama
§ 36-27-12.1 Transfer of service credits, etc., from Judicial Retirement Fund
§ 36-27-13 Granting of credit for years served as member of Legislature; maximum credit; payment of employee’s contribution; applicability of provisions of section
§ 36-27-14 Granting of credit for service as officer or subordinate officer of Legislature; maximum credit; payment of employee’s contribution; applicability of provisions of section
§ 36-27-15 Granting of credit for service as elected official of state or department head; maximum credit; payment of employee’s contribution; applicability of provisions of section
§ 36-27-15.1 Granting of credit for service with National Youth Administration; payment of employee’s contribution
§ 36-27-15.2 Granting of credit for out-of-state service, service as support employee or teachers’ aide, Teachers’ Corps service, and Job Corps service
§ 36-27-16 Retirement, etc., of employees; retirement allowances
§ 36-27-16.1 Cancellation of survivor allowance
§ 36-27-16.2 Nomination of recipient of surviving spouse benefits prior to date of retirement
§ 36-27-16.3 Effective date of benefits; additional costs of benefits; employers agreeing to come under provisions
§ 36-27-17 Redetermination of allowances due on or after October 1, 1975
§ 36-27-18 Retirement with not less than 30 years’ creditable service
§ 36-27-19 Increase in maximum retirement allowance of certain state, etc., employees – 1969 10 percent increase
§ 36-27-20 Increase in maximum retirement allowance of certain state, etc., employees – 1971 five percent increase
§ 36-27-21 Increase in maximum retirement allowance of certain state, etc., employees – 1975 15 percent increase
§ 36-27-21.1 Increase in maximum retirement allowance of certain state, etc., employees – 1978 cost-of-living increase and cost-of-living increases thereafter
§ 36-27-21.2 Increase in maximum retirement allowance of certain state, etc., employees – 1980 cost-of-living increase
§ 36-27-21.3 Cost-of-living increases; funding
§ 36-27-21.4 Cost-of-living increase for persons whose date of retirement is prior to October 1, 1984; funding; eligibility where Medicaid eligibility would be impaired
§ 36-27-21.5 Cost-of-living increase for persons who retired before October 1, 1984; retirees under Judicial Retirement Fund ineligible; funding of increase; eligibility of persons retired from unit participating under Section 36-27-6; persons whose Medicaid benefits
§ 36-27-21.6 Cost-of-living increases for retirees of public hospitals or related facilities formerly existing in county and not participating in retirement system
§ 36-27-21.7 Cost-of-living increases to certain retirees whose retirement is based on employer participation under Section 36-27-6; amounts; election by employer; construction of section
§ 36-27-21.8 Cost-of-living increases to retirees of quasi-public or private hospital which was previously public hospital
§ 36-27-21.9 Cost-of-living increases to retirees of public hospital which has withdrawn from participation
§ 36-27-22 Withholding of amounts from retirement pay of retired employee to pay premium on state group hospitalization or health insurance plan
§ 36-27-23 Board of Control; medical board, actuary
§ 36-27-24 Funds for assets of retirement system – Creation; composition; disposition of funds; appropriations
§ 36-27-25 Funds for assets of retirement system – Management
§ 36-27-26 Proposed legislation affecting system to be accompanied by actuarial estimate of cost
§ 36-27-27 Making of false statement, etc., for purpose of defrauding retirement system; correction of errors in records and payments to beneficiaries or members
§ 36-27-28 Exemption from execution; recovery actions
§ 36-27-29 Admissibility in evidence of photo-reproduced copies of records or documents maintained by system
§ 36-27-30 Applicability of other provisions of law pertaining to pensions or retirement benefits for state employees to members of state Employees’ Retirement System
§ 36-27-31 Compliance with qualifications standards

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 36 > Chapter 27 > Article 1 - General Provisions

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. 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