§1386. Cost-of-living adjustments; retirement benefits; 2007 and subsequent increases
A. The retirement benefits payable under the provisions of this Chapter to any surviving spouse of any justice or judge shall be increased by two percent as a cost-of-living adjustment on July 1, 2005.
B. The retirement benefits payable under the provisions of this Chapter to any justice or judge or the surviving spouse of any justice or judge shall be increased by:
(1) Four percent for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2007.
(2) Four percent for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2008.
(3) An annual cost-of-living adjustment on July 1, 2009, and every year thereafter in an amount equal to two percent, or, if the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the preceding calendar year is less than two percent, then the cost-of-living adjustment shall be a percentage equal to the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the preceding calendar year, if any.
C. The percentage as determined by Subsection B of this Section shall be applied to the total annual benefit being paid to each recipient on the effective date of the increase.
Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2005, No. 432, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 348, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
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