§ 62-82. Cost of living adjustment.  


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  • Subject to the retirant's or beneficiary's formal application in writing on a form furnished by the board of trustees, the amount of each retirement allowance having an effective date on or before December 1, 1973, shall be redetermined December 1, 1974, and such redetermined amount shall be the basis of payments from and after the later of (i) December 1, 1974, and (ii) the first day of the calendar month next following receipt by the board of trustees of formal written application for a redetermined retirement allowance. Such redetermined amount of retirement allowance shall be equal to the greater of (i) $900.00, and (ii) the amount of retirement allowance otherwise payable multiplied by the following percent: 100 percent plus three percent multiplied by the number of complete years in the period from the date the retirement allowance became effective to December 1, 1974. In the case of a retirement allowance payable to a beneficiary upon the death of a retirant, the effective date of the retirement allowance shall be the effective date of the deceased retirant's retirement allowance. As used in this section, the term "the amount of retirement allowance otherwise payable" means the amount of retirement allowance which would be payable prior to application of the provisions of this section.

(Code 1971, § 24-49.1)