Michigan § 38.20h - Supplemental payments for retirants or retirement allowance beneficiaries with retirement allowance effective date before October 1, 1986; future adjustments.

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§ 38.20h. Supplemental payments for retirants or retirement allowance beneficiaries with retirement allowance effective date before October 1, 1986; future adjustments.

Sec. 20h.

(1) Effective October 1, 1987, the monthly retirement allowance payable to a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary whose retirement allowance effective date was before October 1, 1986, as recalculated pursuant to section 19(2) and 20(6), is supplemented as follows:

Effective Date of Retirement

Percent of Increase

October 1, 1985 to September 30, 1986

4

October 1, 1984 to September 30, 1985

5

October 1, 1983 to September 30, 1984

6

October 1, 1982 to September 30, 1983

7

October 1, 1981 to September 30, 1982

8

October 1, 1980 to September 30, 1981

9

October 1, 1979 to September 30, 1980

10

October 1, 1978 to September 30, 1979

11

October 1, 1977 to September 30, 1978

12

October 1, 1976 to September 30, 1977

13

October 1, 1975 to September 30, 1976

14

October 1, 1974 to September 30, 1975

15

October 1, 1973 to September 30, 1974

16

October 1, 1972 to September 30, 1973

17

October 1, 1971 to September 30, 1972

18

October 1, 1970 to September 30, 1971

19

October 1, 1969 to September 30, 1970

20

October 1, 1968 to September 30, 1969

21

October 1, 1967 to September 30, 1968

22

October 1, 1966 to September 30, 1967

23

October 1, 1965 to September 30, 1966

24

October 1, 1964 to September 30, 1965

25

October 1, 1963 to September 30, 1964

26

October 1, 1962 to September 30, 1963

27

October 1, 1961 to September 30, 1962

28

October 1, 1960 to September 30, 1961

29

Before October 1, 1960

30

(2) The recalculated retirement allowance shall be the basis on which future adjustments to the allowance are calculated.

(3) The supplement provided by this section shall be calculated pursuant to subsection (1), shall be based on the amount of retirement allowance that would have been paid without application of section 20(2) if the member made the election permitted under section 20(2), and shall be paid by January 1, 1988. The retirement allowance of a retirant who dies before January 1, 1988 and who has not nominated a retirement allowance beneficiary pursuant to section 31 shall not be supplemented pursuant to this section.

(4) In the case of a member who retired pursuant to section 19a, the calculation of the supplement provided by this section shall not include the benefits received under section 19a(2) or (3).

Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 38.20h ("Supplemental payments for retirants or retirement allowance beneficiaries with retirement allowance effective date before October 1, 1986; future adjustments.") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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