Section 45-37A-51.246 - Board of health department retirees' supplemental benefit(a) Effective July 1, 2006, in addition to the benefits described herein for normal retirement, ordinary disability, and extraordinary disability, every participant retired from the health department who has retired under the pension system herein, immediately following having been in the board of health service, or who did not otherwise become eligible for a benefit calculated at 2.5 percent per year after July 1, 2006, any such retiree of the board of health shall receive an increase in the amount of seventy-five dollars ($75) per month; and any survivor of such retiree or participant shall receive an increased monthly benefit based upon the applicable percentage rate of benefit to which the survivor was otherwise entitled determined as of the date of death of such retiree or participant.(b) No benefit shall be granted under this section until an actuarial determination has been made that there are sufficient funds within the system to fund the benefits. At any time the benefit increased may be discontinued or reduced in the event board of health participant contributions are not sufficient to pay all costs of the system. These increases may be changed or adjusted in the event revised by the employee pension benefit program. The increase herein provided may be changed if necessary or desirable to meet current or future state or federal laws or regulations. The board of managers shall approve the increase before it becomes effective.Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.246 (1975)
Act 2006-339, p. 851, Art. VI, §28.