Ala. Code § 36-27-147: Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer and Receiving Benefits Not Administered by System.

Commencing October 1, 1998, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 1998, 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 a fifty dollar ($50) per month increase provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund the increase provided the pensioner retired prior to October 1, 1998.