(a) Once each year, the administrator shall increase disability benefits and retirement benefits elected by disabled peace officers or firefighters under AS 39.35.890(h)(2). The amount of the increase is a percentage of the current disability benefit or retirement benefit equal to the lesser of 75 percent of the increase in the cost of living in the preceding calendar year or nine percent.
(b) If a disabled member was not receiving a benefit during the entire preceding calendar year, the increase in the benefit under this section shall be adjusted by multiplying it by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months for which the benefit was received in the preceding calendar year and the denominator of which is 12.
(c) If a disabled peace officer or firefighter elects to receive a retirement benefit in the amount calculated under AS 39.35.890(h)(2), the administrator shall, at the time the disabled peace officer or firefighter is appointed to retirement, increase the retirement benefit by a percentage equal to the total cumulative percentage that has been applied to the disabled peace officer's or firefighter's disability benefit under this section.
(d) An increase in benefit payments under this section is effective July 1 of each year and is based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for Anchorage, Alaska, during the previous calendar year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(e) Benefit adjustments under this section shall terminate the last day of the month following the date on which a disabled member is no longer receiving a disability benefit under AS 39.35.890, unless the member is a disabled peace officer or firefighter and has chosen a retirement benefit under AS 39.35.890(h)(2).
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 39. Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 35. Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska
Article 10. Employees First Hired on or after July 1, 2006.
Sec. 39.35.700. Applicability of AS 39.35.700 - 39.35.990.
Sec. 39.35.725. Participation of elected officials of political subdivisions.
Sec. 39.35.730. Contributions by members.
Sec. 39.35.740. Employment contributions mandatory.
Sec. 39.35.750. Contributions by employers.
Sec. 39.35.760. Rollover contributions and distributions.
Sec. 39.35.770. Transmittal of contributions; claims against funds of an employer.
Sec. 39.35.780. Limitations on contributions and benefits.
Sec. 39.35.800. Investment of individual accounts.
Sec. 39.35.810. Distribution election at termination.
Sec. 39.35.820. Forms of distribution.
Sec. 39.35.830. Manner of electing distributions.
Sec. 39.35.840. Distribution requirements.
Sec. 39.35.850. Designation of beneficiary.
Sec. 39.35.860. Rights under qualified domestic relations order.
Sec. 39.35.870. Eligibility for retirement and medical benefits.
Sec. 39.35.880. Medical benefits.
Sec. 39.35.890. Occupational disability benefits and reemployment of disabled employees.
Sec. 39.35.892. Occupational death benefit.
Sec. 39.35.893. Survivor's pension adjustment.
Sec. 39.35.895. Amendment and termination of plan.
Sec. 39.35.900. Exclusive benefit.
Sec. 39.35.910. Nonguarantee of returns, rates, or benefit amounts.
Sec. 39.35.920. Nonguarantee of employment.
Sec. 39.35.932. Pension forfeiture.
Sec. 39.35.950. Request by political subdivision to participate and adoption of resolution.
Sec. 39.35.955. Request by public organization to participate and adoption of resolution.
Sec. 39.35.956. Contractors and employees of contractors excluded from plan.
Sec. 39.35.958. Termination of participation in the plan.
Sec. 39.35.960. Membership in teachers' and public employees' retirement systems.
Sec. 39.35.965. Army and air national guard employees.
Sec. 39.35.970. North Pacific Fishery Management Council employees.
Sec. 39.35.972. Special rules for treatment of qualified military service.