Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1405

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 36-8-10.

Synopsis: County police officer COLAs. Allows a county to provide cost of living payments to a retired or disabled county police officer who is less than 55 years of age if the county has funds for the additional payments.

Effective: July 1, 2001.





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    January 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.







Introduced

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1405



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 36-8-10-23; (01)IN1405.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 36-8-10-23 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 23. (a) This section applies to a county that adopts the provisions of this section by an ordinance of the county fiscal body.
    (b) The county fiscal body may provide for:
        (1) an annual cost of living payment to retired or disabled employee beneficiaries, or both; or
        (2) an ad hoc cost of living payment to retired or disabled employee beneficiaries, or both. The amount of the ad hoc cost of living payment under this subdivision is not an increase in the base pension benefit calculated under section 12 or 12.1 of this chapter.
    (c) In the case of an annual cost of living payment granted under subsection (b)(1), the amount of the cost of living payment shall be determined each year by the pension engineers under this subsection. The pension engineers shall determine if there has been an increase in the Consumer Price Index (United States city average) prepared by the

United States Department of Labor by comparing the arithmetic mean of the Consumer Price Index for January, February, and March of the payment year with the same three (3) month period of the preceding year. If there has been an increase, the increase shall be stated as a percentage of the arithmetic mean for the three (3) month period for the year preceding the payment year (the adjustment percentage). The adjustment percentage shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) and may not exceed three percent (3%).
    (d) In the case of a cost of living payment granted under subsection (b)(2), the amount of the cost of living payment shall be determined by the county fiscal body and may be:
        (1) a percentage increase, not to exceed the percentage determined under subsection (c); or
        (2) a fixed dollar amount.
    (e) A payment authorized under this section shall be made to each authorized retired or disabled employee beneficiary and may be made annually, semiannually, quarterly, or monthly.
    (f) A cost of living payment granted under this section shall be funded by a direct appropriation or by maintaining a fully funded actuarially sound trust fund.
    (g) Except as provided in section 23.1 of this chapter, a cost of living payment granted under this section is applicable only to retired or disabled employee beneficiaries who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age.
    (h) No provision of this section shall be made part of any ordinance or agreement concerning collective bargaining. No provision of this section shall be subject to bargaining under any statute, ordinance, or agreement.

SOURCE: IC 36-8-10-23.1; (01)IN1405.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 36-8-10-23.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 23.1. A county that provides a cost of living payment to retired or disabled employee beneficiaries under section 23 of this chapter may provide for a cost of living payment to a retired or disabled employee beneficiary who is less than fifty-five (55) years of age if the county has funds for the additional payments.