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Division 1 - Establishment of Plan.
Section 45-37A-51.100 - Derivation and Application. - This subpart is derived in part from one or more...
Section 45-37A-51.101 - Retrospective Operation. - The articles and sections of this subpart comprise a retirement...
Section 45-37A-51.102 - Purpose. - The general purpose of the system embraced in this subpart...
Division 2 - Definitions.
Section 45-37A-51.120 - Definitions. - (a) The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in...
Division 3 - Administration of Plan.
Section 45-37A-51.130 - Board of Managers. - The system shall be administered by a board of managers...
Section 45-37A-51.131 - Method of Selection and Terms of Appointment of Board Members. - (a) The members of the board of managers, other than...
Section 45-37A-51.132 - Meetings of the Board of Managers. - The board of managers shall meet on the third Wednesday...
Section 45-37A-51.133 - Special Meetings of the Board of Managers. - Any five board members, after due notice having been given...
Section 45-37A-51.134 - Secretary of the Board. - The personnel director shall be secretary of the board and...
Section 45-37A-51.135 - Quorum. - Five members of the board, when assembled either in regular...
Section 45-37A-51.136 - Powers and Duties of the Board. - The board shall have such powers as are necessary for...
Section 45-37A-51.137 - The Fund and Its Investment. - (a) In each instance in which any provision of this...
Section 45-37A-51.138 - Legislative Reports. - (a) In addition to periodic actuarial valuations of the fund...
Section 45-37A-51.139 - Appeal of Decisions of the Board. - (a) Any decision of the board denying a benefit claimed...
Division 4 - Eligibility to Participate.
Section 45-37A-51.160 - General Rule. - Each qualified employee in the city who is in the...
Section 45-37A-51.161 - Exception to General Rule. - (a) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no member of...
Section 45-37A-51.162 - Elected Officials, Appointed Employees, and Employees in the Unclassified Service. - (a) Elected officials. (1) Each officer shall be eligible to...
Section 45-37A-51.163 - Purchase of Credit for Certain Prior Unclassified Service. - Payment for such time under 10 years earned prior to...
Section 45-37A-51.164 - Board of Health. - Participants who were members of the system prior to June...
Section 45-37A-51.165 - Reemployment. - (a) In the event a participant should cease to be...
Section 45-37A-51.166 - Employees of Library Board, Airport Authority, Emergency Management District Agency, Communication District, and Civic Center Authority. - Employees of the library board, airport authority, emergency management district/agency,...
Section 45-37A-51.167 - Executive Exempt Service Employees. - Executive exempt service employees under Section 45-37-121.25 shall be members...
Section 45-37A-51.168 - Others Authorized to Participate. - Any one for whom the Legislature has authorized participation herein...
Section 45-37A-51.169 - Correction of Errors. - (a) The system shall have the authority to recalculate benefits...
Division 5 - Participants' and City's Contributions.
Section 45-37A-51.190 - Participants' Contributions. - (a) (1) Effective on and after April 12, 2006, through...
Section 45-37A-51.191 - Employer Pickup of Employee Contributions. - The board of managers upon approval of each employer, including...
Section 45-37A-51.192 - City's Contributions. - (a) The city shall pick up employer payment of required...
Section 45-37A-51.193 - Health Department Payments. - (a) The Jefferson County Department of Health shall pay into...
Section 45-37A-51.194 - Contributions Previously Required. - Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, contributions of participant and...
Section 45-37A-51.195 - New Participants. - (a) Credit for service with the county or other municipality...
Section 45-37A-51.196 - Retirees of Firefighters' and Police Officers' Supplemental Pension System. - In the event of the retirement of a police officer...
Section 45-37A-51.197 - Refund of Erroneous Contributions. - In the event contributions shall have been deducted from an...
Section 45-37A-51.198 - Purchase of Credit for Prior Unclassified Service. - (a) Any employee member having been a full-time employee in...
Section 45-37A-51.199 - Contributions of Constructive Employees of City. - Constructive employees of the city, excluding the employees of the...
Section 45-37A-51.200 - Contributions of Subsidiaries of City. - Constructive subsidiaries of the city, excluding the board of health...
Division 6 - Benefits.
Section 45-37A-51.220 - Normal Retirement Benefit. - (a) A participant having attained age 60 or older and...
Section 45-37A-51.221 - Minimum and Maximum Normal Retirement Benefit. - (a) The minimum retirement benefit payable under Section 45-37A-51.220 shall...
Section 45-37A-51.222 - Participants Vesting. - (a)(1) All participants who are participants before July 1, 2017,...
Section 45-37A-51.223 - Participants Retiring Under the Firefighters' and Police Officers' Supplemental Pension System. - With respect to participants who shall belong to and retire...
Section 45-37A-51.224 - Involuntary Retirement. - (a) In the event a participant shall be involuntarily retired...
Section 45-37A-51.225 - Ordinary Disability Allowance. - (a) In the event a participant, after having accrued five...
Section 45-37A-51.226 - Extraordinary Disability Allowance. - (a) Extraordinary disability allowance for participants joining the system prior...
Section 45-37A-51.227 - Determination of Disability. - (a) In order for disability allowances to be awarded under...
Section 45-37A-51.228 - Survivor's Benefits. - (a) Effective July 1, 2002, in the event of the...
Section 45-37A-51.229 - Eligibility for Survivor's Benefits. - (a) The surviving spouse of the deceased or participant described...
Section 45-37A-51.230 - Service Connected Death Benefit. - Should a participant be killed in the line of his...
Section 45-37A-51.231 - Eligibility for Service Connected Death Benefit. - (a) The survivors of the deceased participant described in Section...
Section 45-37A-51.232 - Firefighters' and Police Officers' Supplemental Pension Survivors Pension. - (a) Effective as of July 1, 2002, in the event...
Section 45-37A-51.233 - Death Prior to Retirement; Return of Contributions. - In the event a participant shall die prior to retirement...
Section 45-37A-51.234 - Termination of Employment; Ineligibility; Return of Contribution. - (a) In the event a participant shall terminate or be...
Section 45-37A-51.235 - Payment of Return of Contributions. - Only in the event a return of contributions is otherwise...
Section 45-37A-51.236 - Designation of Severance Beneficiary. - (a) The custodian shall keep a book or record in...
Section 45-37A-51.237 - Payment of Benefits During Period of Reemployment. - (a) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding and except as...
Section 45-37A-51.238 - Determination of Right to Benefits. - The determination of the rights of a retiree to benefits...
Section 45-37A-51.239 - Payment of Benefits to Minor Children. - In the event that benefits become payable hereunder to minor...
Section 45-37A-51.240 - Law Applicable to Measurement of Benefits. - The rights of any person heretofore or hereafter retired shall...
Section 45-37A-51.241 - Board of Health Retired Employees. - (a) Employees of the board of health, upon termination of...
Section 45-37A-51.242 - Cost of Living Increases; Future Benefits - (a) Upon approval of the governing body of the municipality...
Section 45-37A-51.243 - Supplemental Benefit. - (a) In addition to the benefits described herein for normal...
Section 45-37A-51.244 - Early Retirement Benefit. - (a) Participants in the city and other participating employing entities,...
Section 45-37A-51.245 - Retroactive Deferred Retirement Option Plan. - (a) Effective July 1, 2002, a participant who retires at...
Section 45-37A-51.246 - Board of Health Department Retirees' Supplemental Benefit. - (a) Effective July 1, 2006, in addition to the benefits...
Section 45-37A-51.247 - Required Minimum Distributions. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision in this subpart to the contrary,...
Section 45-37A-51.248 - Direct Rollovers. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this subpart to the contrary...
Section 45-37A-51.249 - Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 Provisions. - In the case of a death or disability occurring on...
Section 45-37A-51.250 - Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004. - Solely for purposes of calculating DROP benefits and for converting...
Division 7 - Participant Loans.
Section 45-37A-51.260 - Loans to Participants. - The board shall have the right to lend to any...
Section 45-37A-51.261 - Repayment of Loan. - Any loan made to a participant from the fund pursuant...
Section 45-37A-51.262 - Life Insurance; Security. - (a) Should a participant obtaining a loan terminate employment for...
Division 8 - Miscellaneous.
Section 45-37A-51.280 - Liabilities of Employee Members to Fund. - Any debt or liability of a participant to the fund...
Section 45-37A-51.281 - False Representations. - It shall be a misdemeanor, and punishable as such, for...
Section 45-37A-51.282 - Exemptions. - Neither all nor any portion of the fund, whether in...
Section 45-37A-51.283 - Members in Armed Forces. - Notwithstanding any provision of this subpart to the contrary, contributions,...
Section 45-37A-51.284 - Actuarial Assumptions. - (a) Effective date. Except as provided by the Pension Benefit...
Division 9 - Constructive Subsidiaries of the City.
Section 45-37A-51.300 - Participants in the System. - It being recognized that it is desirable to allow as...
Section 45-37A-51.301 - Board of Health. - Employees of the board of health, who were hired prior...
Section 45-37A-51.302 - Civic Center. - (a) For the purpose of the application of the system...
Section 45-37A-51.303 - Civil Defense Agency. - For the purpose of application of the terms of the...
Section 45-37A-51.304 - Duties of Board of Health. - After July 1, 1945, it shall be the duty of...
Section 45-37A-51.305 - Duties of the Civil Defense Agency. - After September 1, 1969, it shall be the duty of...
Section 45-37A-51.306 - Employees of the Library Board. - (a) Employees of the library board shall be deemed constructive...
Section 45-37A-51.307 - Birmingham Airport Authority. - For the purpose of the application of the terms of...
Section 45-37A-51.308 - Birmingham Emergency Management Agency/district. - (a) Employees of the Birmingham Emergency Management Agency/District, or for...