The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall make all reasonable efforts to notify any employer who participated in the Employees' Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation by August 4, 2005, that the cost-of-living increase provided for in Section 36-27-190 is available to their retirees and beneficiaries provided the employer elects to fund the increase.
Ala. Code § 36-27-196 (1975)