{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-182","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 36-27-182","heading":"Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employers Participated in Employees’ Retirement System.","body":"Commencing October 1, 2002, 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 October 1, 2001, 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 36-27-180. 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 36-27-180. In no case shall the COLA be less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month.","path":["Title 36 Public Officers and Employees.","Chapter 27 State Employees’ Retirement System.","Article 10 Cost-of-Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2001."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=36-27-182","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"fbb3d8ad40fd71a19d3e52b404d01ebb6def0472431a27374428347f35d4d419","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-181","next":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-183"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}