49-16-403. Annual cost-of-living adjustment.
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49-16-403. Annual cost-of-living adjustment.
(1)The office shall make an annual cost-of-living adjustment to:
(a)an original allowance paid under Section 49-16-402 , Part 5, Death Benefit , and Part 6, Disability Benefit , of this chapter 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.
(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