{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-49-22-308","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 49-22-308","heading":"Defined benefit annual cost-of-living adjustment.","body":"(1) The office shall make an annual cost-of-living adjustment to:\n(a) an original allowance paid under Section 49-22-305, if the allowance has been paid for at least one year; and\n(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.\n(2)\n(a) The original allowance shall be increased by the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index up to a maximum of 2.5%.\n(b) Annual increases in the Consumer Price Index in excess of 2.5% shall be accumulated and used in subsequent adjustments when the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index is less than 2.5%.\n(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.\n(4) The cost-of-living adjustment made under this section may not decrease the allowance.","path":["Title 49 Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act","Chapter 49-22 New Public Employees' Tier II Contributory Retirement Act","Part 49-22-3 Tier II Hybrid Retirement System"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title49/Chapter22/49-22-S308.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"144f2738b342cc046b0adfe0b4a20b5bbe2ce7f5d25df0a5c2f76f6310382b9e","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-49-22-307","next":"us-ut/utah-code-49-22-309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}