Texas § GV.814.604 - COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT

§ GV.814.604. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT

COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT. (a) The retirement system shall grant a one-time cost-of-living adjustment as provided by Subsections (b) and (c) on a finding by the board of trustees that, as determined by an actuarial valuation: (1) the amortization period for the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the retirement system does not exceed 30 years by one or more years; and (2) as a result of paying the adjustment, the time required to amortize the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the retirement system would not be increased to a period that exceeds 30 years by one or more years. (b) The retirement system shall pay the cost-of-living adjustment under this section to a retiree who has been retired for 20 years or more on the date the board of trustees makes the finding in Subsection (a), or to a beneficiary of the retiree, as an increase to a monthly service retirement benefit, disability retirement benefit, or death benefit, as applicable, paid under this chapter for service credited in the employee class. (c) A cost-of-living adjustment under this section is limited to the lesser of: (1) an amount equal to three percent of the monthly benefit subject to the increase; or (2) $100 a month. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 618 (S.B. 1459 ), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2013.