{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-135","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 36-27-135","heading":"Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer in System.","body":"Commencing October 1, 1996, any pensioner who retired 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 who is receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 1996 administered by the Employees’ Retirement System, may receive an increase in benefits in the amount of thirty dollars ($30) per month if the monthly benefit is five hundred dollars ($500) or less; forty-five dollars ($45) per month if the monthly benefit is more than five hundred dollars ($500) but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000); sixty dollars ($60) per month if the monthly benefit is more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but less than two thousand dollars ($2,000); seventy-five dollars ($75) per month if the monthly benefit is two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more if 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, 1996.","path":["Title 36 Public Officers and Employees.","Chapter 27 State Employees’ Retirement System.","Article 6 Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 1996."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=36-27-135","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"32f6aabd8895c61d219e10f4b559a61eaf560945619086fb2cf92fe7b30fc251","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-134","next":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-136"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}