Code of Alabama
Article 8 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2000.
Section 36-27-152 - Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees' Retirement System.

Commencing October 1, 2000, each person whose employer participated in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System is prior to July 1, 2000, and who is receiving a monthly allowance or is eligible to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees' Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase as described in Section 36-27-150. Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees of employers participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, shall be entitled to the increase the retiree has attained under the provisions in Section 36-27-150. No retiree or beneficiary of this class shall receive a benefit increase of less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month.