2006 Utah Code - 49-16-403 — Annual cost-of-living adjustment.

     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.
     (2) (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

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