{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-202","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 36-27-202","heading":"Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees’ Retirement System.","body":"Commencing October 1, 2006, 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, 2005, 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 36-27-200. 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 receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in their gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month.","path":["Title 36 Public Officers and Employees.","Chapter 27 State Employees’ Retirement System.","Article 12 Cost of Living Increase for Retirement Date Prior to October 1, 2005."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=36-27-202","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"5412ee89d003f243a8c76996dec25e01a9f312a6ddc0bed5850139ac24bc6f12","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-201","next":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}