Section 45-49A-81 Municipal Employees Pension and Relief Fund. There is hereby created and provided for in the City of Prichard, Alabama, a special fund to be known as the Municipal Employees Pension and Relief Fund, which shall exist and be maintained for the benefit of the persons hereinafter referred to and shall be derived and […]
Section 45-49A-81.02 Programs authorized. In carrying out any program established in an enterprise zone created hereunder, the governing body of the county in which the city is situated, and all agencies of such city and county agencies created thereby, and the State of Alabama and all agencies thereof, are hereby authorized to carry out pro- […]
Section 45-49A-81.03 Donations or gifts to fund. Monies or other things of value may be donated to the fund by any person, firm, or corporation. Such donations or gifts may be outright, in which such event the corpus thereof shall become a portion of the fund, or may be held in trust by the person […]
Section 45-49A-81.04 Investment of funds. All monies properly belonging to the fund shall be kept in a separate account or accounts, and may, in the discretion of the persons charged with the duties of administering the fund, be invested in any securities provided by law to be a suitable investment for trust fund monies pursuant […]
Section 45-49A-81.05 Coverage under part. Every present active permanent employee of the City of Prichard shall come under the provisions and benefits of this part; provided, that no elected officials of the City of Prichard shall be entitled to the benefits thereof. (Acts 1956, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 107, p. 154, §6; Acts 1963, No. […]
Section 45-49A-81.06 Applications for pensions and relief. The City Council of the City of Prichard, Alabama, shall hear and decide all applications for pensions and relief under this part, and the decision upon such application shall be final and conclusive, and not subject to review or reversal except by such city council. The city council […]
Section 45-49A-81.07 Payments by trustee; exemption from garnishment levy, etc. Directions to the trustee for payments provided herein shall be signed by the regular constituted authorities of the City of Prichard, Alabama. The trustee shall be protected in acting upon any direction delivered to it which upon its face appears to be genuine. No portion […]
Section 45-49A-81.08 Temporary total disability of city employee. (a) If any employee of the City of Prichard, Alabama, while in the performance of his or her duties, becomes and is found to be temporarily totally disabled, mentally or physically, for services to the City of Prichard, by reason of service therein, the City Council of […]
Section 45-49A-81.09 Permanent disability of city employee. If any employee of the City of Prichard, Alabama, while in the performance of his or her duties, becomes or is found to be physically or mentally permanently disabled for service in his or her respective department, by reason of service therein, so as to render his or […]
Section 45-49A-81.10 Pension eligibility for certain employees – 20 years of service. (a) Any employee of the City of Prichard, except as herein otherwise provided, who has been in the service of the city for as long as 20 years, the last four years of which, counting a major fraction of a year as a […]
Section 45-49A-81.11 Pension eligibility for certain employees – 25 years of service. (a) Any employee of the City of Prichard who has been in the service thereof for as long as 25 years, the last four years of which, counting a major fraction of a year as a full year, have been continuous, upon making […]
Section 45-49A-81.12 Benefits for widows and orphans. (a) In the event of the death of a married employee and if at the time of such death the employee (1) is in the active employment of the city, or (2) is receiving a pension either for disability or for longevity from the city a pension shall […]
Section 45-49A-81.13 Examination of employee. In all matters involving the sickness or disability of an employee of the city, the city council, or other governing body shall have such disabled member or such sick member, as it sees fit, examined by a reputable physician who shall make his or her report in writing to the […]
Section 45-49A-81.14 Insufficiency of funds. The benefits provided for the employees of the City of Prichard hereunder shall not be reduced or prorated among those properly entitled thereto and should, at any time, the fund be insufficient to pay in full the benefits and to defray the expenses provided for, it shall be the duty […]
Section 45-49A-81.15 List of retired employees. There shall be kept by the Clerk of the City of Prichard, or some person designated by such clerk, a book to be known as the list of retired employees. Such book shall also give a full and complete history and record of the action of the City Council […]
Section 45-49A-81.16 Duties of city attorney. It shall be the duty of the city attorney to give advice to the City Council of the City of Prichard, and to those selected by the City Council of the City of Prichard to act as trustee or agent for the fund, on all matters pertaining to the […]
Section 45-49A-81.17 Board of pensions. There is hereby created a board to be known as the board of pensions, for the purpose of carrying out this part. The board shall consist of four members to be selected by the City Council of the City of Prichard and three members elected by the employees of the […]
Section 45-49A-81.18 Election not to participate; subsequent application. Any employee of the City of Prichard at the original date of this part could elect at any time not to come within the provisions of this part, and should he or she so elect, no part of his or her salary or compensation could be deducted […]
Section 45-49A-81.19 Applicability of part. This part shall apply to all persons except elected officials who are now or who may hereafter be in the permanent employment of the City of Prichard, Alabama, but payment of benefits or any other sums, including refunds, hereunder shall not commence until the first day of January, 1961. (Acts […]
Section 45-49A-81.20 Severability. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word, or other provision of this part shall be held or declared to be unconstitutional or void by any court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect or destroy the validity or constitutionality of any other section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word, or provision of this part […]
