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Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act | |
Public Employees' Contributory Retirement Act | |
Section 407 | Annual cost-of-living adjustment. |
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49-12-407. Annual cost-of-living adjustment. (1) The office shall make an annual cost-of-living adjustment to: (a) an original allowance paid under Section 49-12-402 or 49-12-404, if the allowance has been paid for at least one year; and (b) an original payment made to an alternate payee under a domestic relations order, if the payment is to be paid as a percentage of the allowance rather than a specific dollar amount. (2) (a) The original allowance shall be increased by the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index up to a maximum of 4%. (b) Annual increases in the Consumer Price Index in excess of 4% shall be accumulated and used in subsequent adjustments when the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index is less than 4%. (3) The Consumer Price Index used in calculating adjustments shall be a United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index average as determined by the board. (4) The cost-of-living adjustment made under this section may not decrease the allowance.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 250, 2002 General Session |
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