Section 36-27-21.6

Cost-of-living increases for retirees of public hospitals or related facilities formerly existing in county and not participating in retirement system.

(a) The county commission of any county, by resolution duly adopted to conform to rules of the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, may elect to provide any heretofore or hereafter authorized cost-of-living increases in the retirement benefits paid by the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama to retirees of any public hospital or related facility which heretofore existed in the county, but which is now defunct, dissolved, transferred, reincorporated, consolidated with another public or quasi-public organization, or for any other reason is not participating in the Employees' Retirement System. For purposes of this section, the county shall be deemed to have been the employer of such retirees of the public hospital or related facility and shall provide the funds necessary to pay the increase in retirement allowances described in this section.

(b) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowances as provided under subsection (a) of this section and shall notify the county of the amount required to be paid to the Employees' Retirement System. Such amounts shall be paid monthly or as designated by the Board of Control to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama by the county providing such increases under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall administer all the benefits provided by this section under such rules and regulations as the said Board of Control may adopt, not inconsistent with this section.

(Acts 1989, No. 89-949, p. 1871, §§1-3.)