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| LEGISLATURE APPROVES $16,000 STATE/TEACHER COLA BASE |
Local Systems Put On HoldJuly 3, 2008: The State Legislature has approved a new $16,000 COLA base for retirees of the State and Teachers’ Retirement Systems (effective this month), but has held off on a local option provision that would have allowed city, town, county, regional, and district systems to also increase the base for local retirees. |
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| ASSOCIATION AWAITS WORD ON COLA BASE INCREASE |
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JUNE 24, 2008: It does not appear that the House and Senate State Budget Conference Committee will release its FY09 state budget report this week. As members are aware, the fate of an increase to the COLA base now rests with the six-member Conference Committee and the Legislative Leadership. |
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| UPDATE: More Retirees May Be Eligible For Stimulus Payment: |
| MAY 2, 2008: When the economic stimulus package was signed by President Bush on February 13, Association staff began reviewing information, released by the Internal Revenue Service, detailing the new federal law. Based on our reading of the IRS material at that time, we believed that public retirees could not use their pension income in order to qualify for the stimulus payment. | |
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