{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-205","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 36-27-205","heading":"Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer and Receiving Benefits Not Administered by System.","body":"Commencing October 1, 2006, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 2005, 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 the cost-of-living increase of two percent in his or her gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in his or her gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. The increase shall be granted provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund and pay the increase.","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=36-27-205","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"04968aa18b31a52a5e64831e2362fff19ee803847025145c086746f370e16bd3","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-204","next":"us-al/ala.-code-36-27-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}